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Re: Ultirum LTO 3 tape's serial number.

 
pali
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Ultirum LTO 3 tape's serial number.

Hello,

 

I am using Ultrium LTO 3 tapes for backup with MSL 2024 library on RHEL 5 . How can I find the serial number of tape which 'm using?

Thanks in Advance.

 

Rahul

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Johan Guldmyr
Honored Contributor

Re: Ultirum LTO 3 tape's serial number.

Hi, do you want to find the serial number of a tape (cartridge?)?

 

HP's Library and Tape Tools is a good tool to diagnose and get some information about the library.

Renjiv
Respected Contributor

Re: Ultirum LTO 3 tape's serial number.

Hi,

 

The tape cartridges will have a label with bar codes and the details. However it will not show exact serial number.

 

 

nnnnnn is the volume serial number (when color coded, it is called volser). The volume serial number must be exactly six alphanumeric (AтАУZ, 0тАУ9) characters.

 

тАв XY is the media ID. These must be alphanumeric.

 

For eg:

 

LTO cleaning cartridge: CLNvnnXY

 

Where:

тАв CLN denotes that this is a cleaning cartridge.

тАв v is the drive type (drive manufacturer or universal) (Alpha only AтАУZ).

тАв nn is the volume serial number (numeric only 0тАУ9).

тАв XY is the media ID (or volid = volume ID).

 

 

You may also refer page 11 in below link:

 

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00517361/c00517361.pdf

 

Regards,

Renji V

 



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Torsten.
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Re: Ultirum LTO 3 tape's serial number.

The tape's serial is stored in the memory of the cartridge (LTO-CM). I know LTT can read it, maybe some backup applications can do this too - but IMHO you don't need this - you have the code on the barcode.

Hope this helps!
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Re: Ultirum LTO 3 tape's serial number.

The link in thread is broken. Here is the new download link -https://assets.ext.hpe.com/is/content/hpedam/documents/4aa6-2000-2999/4aa6-2811/4aa6-2811enw.pdf


Found on this page with other technical technical papers -
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