Thanks  -
My plan is to make all the DLT 4000 tapes read only. When reclamation runs
the tape(s) will
return to scratch and the next time they are used they will be in the 7000
format, right?

C
__________________________________________________
Cris Robinson
Sr. Technical Analyst
Enterprise Storage Management / ADSM
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
603.431.8400.54837
mailto:cris.robinson AT libertymutual DOT com

Dilbert words of Wisdom:
Accept that some days you're the pigeon,
and some days you're the statue!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: G Christian [SMTP:chris_g_fr AT YAHOO DOT FR]
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 1999 8:29 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: DLT 4000 data and DLT 7000 Drives
>
> Hi Robinson,
>
> Of course, a DLT7000 drive can read a tape written by a
> DLT4000 drive ! but be-careful, if you want to write on
> this tape with the DLT7000, the DLT7000 drive will
> write in the 20-40 Gb format !!
> In order to write in the 35-70 Gb format on this tape
> , you need to "broken" the density of the tape ; it depends of your OS
> (Aix, Sun, NT...).
> Of course, on a blank tape, the DLT7000 drive will
> write in the 35-70 Gb format.
>
> Chris.
>
> "Robinson, Cris" <Cris.Robinson AT LIBERTYMUTUAL DOT COM> a icrit:
> >
> > Does anyone have experience with Data written to DLT tape from 4000
> drives
> > and then upgrading a library to 7000 drives and still being able to
> read the
> > tapes.
> >
> > Are the 7000's backward compatible?
> > We are going from STK 9730's to 9714's.
> >
> > Thanks -
> > CR
> >
> > __________________________________________________
> > Cris Robinson
> > Sr. Technical Analyst
> > Enterprise Storage Management / ADSM
> > Liberty Mutual Insurance
> > Portsmouth, New Hampshire
> > 603.431.8400.54837
> > mailto:cris.robinson AT libertymutual DOT com
> >
> > Dilbert words of Wisdom:
> > Accept that some days you're the pigeon,
> > and some days you're the statue!
> >
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