DLT (and most all modern tape technologies, IIRC) do "read after
write", so DLT drives automatically verify that all the data they
receive is written to tape.  That leads me to think that auto media
verify is not necessary, at least when writing to DLT.

So I'm still left wondering: is there some compelling reason
to set auto media verify?  (If the answer is yes, I would think
Legato would make it a default setting or at least mention it in
doc/release notes.)

steve
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 > ---- Original Message ----
 > From: "Maarten Boot (CWEU-USERS/CWNL)"
 > On my 7.1.1 server I switched 'ot' on yesterday,
 >
 > all reports now have a V added in front and surely not all savesets have hit
 > the end of my tapes. So separate from end-of-tape , the suggestion that the
 > reports give is that all savesets have been verified in some sort of a way.
 >
 > Maarten
 >
 >
 > On Friday 07 May 2004 14:14, you wrote:
 > >  > >On Fri, 7 May 2004, Steve Rader wrote:
 > >  > >Ahh, does the default pool have some stupid settings??
 > >  > >
 > >  > >I've been using NetWorker's default pool for 12-13 years now,
 > >  > >and I'm quite certain I have NetWorker configured properly.
 > >  >
 > >  > From: Stan Horwitz
 > >  > Yes, for many people it does, such as not being able to use auto medi
 > a
 > >  > verify for one thing. I suppose this is a site-specific issue, but I
 > >  > cannot imagine not using that feature so I use my own tape pools.
 > >
 > > Has the list/someone (ahem) verified that "auto media verify"
 > > on modern tape drives is necessary/desirable?  I thought it was
 > > essientally a hack for ancient tape drives that over buffer at the
 > > end of tapes.
 > >
 > > steve
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