[Veritas-bu] LTO-1 to LTO-4 upgrade questions

Our environment HP-UX 11.31 a SureStore 20/700 library with 10 LTO-1 drives, NetBackup 6.5.2 Master / Media server and one Windows Media server using SSO.

We are looking into purchasing an HP ESL 712 ultrium tape library using LTO-4 drives and I have a few questions about this.

Has anyone had any experience with the ESL 712 library?

Can I use the LTO-4 drives to read our old LTO-1 tapes for restores?

If I can run with reading LTO-1 tapes, do I need to set up bar code rules to identify the LTO-4 tapes and LTO-1 tapes?

Would it be better to run with a mixture of LTO-1 and LTO-4 drives in the library?

Thanks in advance, any thoughts or comments are appreciated.

Wayne BeDour

Unix System Administrator

PH: 313-593-9876

Internet: wbedour AT lear DOT com

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