Ok, but what happens when LTO barcode labels, ending
in L1, are put on LTO2 tapes and loaded into a library
that has LTO2 tape drives? Will the tapes be treated
as LTO1, and written at 100/200 GB?

This is the second time I've seen this, they had LTO1
labels laying around and used them rather than
ordering new labels.

 
--- "Stewart, Brian C"
<StewaBC AT northamerica.stortek DOT com> wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> > based on what ive seen, the barcode does matter a
> > great deal.
> 
> Todays libraries are capable of holding many media
> types at one time. DLT,
> LTO, LTO-2, 9X40, etc, etc. The library (StorageTek
> libraries as an example)
> use the 7th digit of a volser as a media qualifier.
> This is a hardware
> function of the library to prevent the wrong media 
> into a drive. A LTO tape
> may go into a SuperDLT320, but it won't come out...
> 
> It is critical that the correct labels are ordered
> for media when using a
> library. Older libraries could be "faked out" with
> barcode rules in
> NetBackup but newer libraries will fail the mount.
> 
> Just my 2 cents...
> 
> Brian Stewart
> 
> Systems Specialist, Technical Support
> VERITAS Certified Professional
> SUN Certified Network Administrator
> StorageTek Canada Inc.
> brian_stewart AT storagetek DOT com
> Phone (905) 212-4918
> Fax (905) 602-6010
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