Thanks, Darren - 

Does the "media type" not determine how much data Networker will write to the 
tape and how fast it will send data to the device?

Deleting the device is the first thing I tried, but I get an error "before 
device 'dev/rmt/xxx' may be deleted, it must first be removed from jukebox 
'xxxx' list of 'devices'"

When I try to delete it from the jukebox's list, I get an error "Incorrect 
number of values in 'loaded volumes', should be '1'".  The "loaded volumes" box 
is empty.   

Please forgive me for what are probably simple questions! 

Thanks, 
~ Kim 

-----Original Message----- 
From: Legato NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] 
On Behalf Of Darren Dunham 
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 1:40 AM 
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU 
Subject: Re: [Networker] Can't change media type to LTO3 


> Now, I'm unable to change the media type to LTO3 for either of our 2 
> drives. 
> A "man nsr_device" states valid media types and LTO is not included, 
> though I know that LTO3 support is one of the bugs fixed in 7.2.1 
> (according to the "bugs fixed" PDF). 
> 
> When I try to specify the media type LTO3 with nsradmin I get "media 
> type is a read-only attribute". When I try to choose the media type 
> LTO3 in nwadmin I get the same error in a dialog "media type is a 
> read-only attribute". 

You can't "change" it.  Delete and recreate the device with the type you want. 

> Just FYI: we've been running LTO3 drives with old Legato version - 
> have been overriding the capacity, but would like to speed things up a 
> bit now... 

I would expect zero difference in behavior or performance after you change it.  
Networker doesn't care what type of tape is on the back end.  It's really just 
naming it for your benefit (and to keep track of what tapes go where).  If you 
have existing volumes, they will retain the 'lto' type.  I don't know if you 
can mount them on a 'lto3' drive.


-- 
Darren Dunham                                           ddunham AT taos DOT com 
Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS            http://www.taos.com/ 
Got some Dr Pepper?                           San Francisco, CA bay area 
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