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тАО01-29-2003 07:54 AM
тАО01-29-2003 07:54 AM
When I scan the ports, I get /dev/rmt/c5t3d0BEST, /dev/rmt/c5t3d0BESTb,/dev/rmt/c5t3d0BESTn,/dev/rmt/c5t3d0BESTnb drivers come up.
Assuming I take down the current Tape and replace the tape with the autoloader with the same SCSI id, will these drivers work correctly with the autoloader? I would guess this should work since no drivers were included with the autoloader.
Generally I use Omniback to interface with the tape BU, so I do not go into hardware very much so any help would be appreciated!
Thanks!
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тАО01-29-2003 08:10 AM
тАО01-29-2003 08:10 AM
Re: Upgrade from a DLT8000 to vs80 autoloader Question
As it is recommended to shut down and power off the server before changing SCSI devices (I assume this is not a "hot swap") the most easy is to remove the device files before shutting down. New files is created when you restart the server.
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тАО01-29-2003 08:23 AM
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Re: Upgrade from a DLT8000 to vs80 autoloader Question
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тАО01-29-2003 08:45 AM
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тАО01-30-2003 11:29 AM
тАО01-30-2003 11:29 AM
Re: Upgrade from a DLT8000 to vs80 autoloader Question
VS80 drives use a distinctly different format than DLT4/7/8. The issue this causes is, any MEDIA cartridge (the ubiquitious "Data IV" media used in all DLTs) that has been used in a DLT4/7/8 will not work in the VS80. When you try to load them into the drive, it will hum and click and whirr, and then spit it back out with an error about incompatible, or bad format, or something (I forget exactly).
You will scratch your head, and get a new, unopened Data IV cartridge out of its box, and try it, and it will work fine. OK, bad tape, you will think. NOT. The "bad" tape will work fine in your DLT8000.
In order to wipe the standard DLT format off enough of the tape header for the VS80 drive to use it, there is supposedly a demagnetizer (degaussing) tool that will wipe the Data IV cartridge clean of all data and preamble/formatting. I haven't seen one, that's what I heard.
So, if you have a lot of existing media you are hoping to use, you will need to look into this, and probably need to buy the magic degaussing tool.
It will be easy to confirm whether this is still an issue (I have an older 1/9, maybe they have cured this by now ??), you should go ahead and try an old tape... just be ready for the results I've described. It took me way too many itterations of "try/puzzle/try again/repeat" before I researched this and discovered that I needed brand new media to make the thing happy.
Hope this shortens your learning curve! --bmr