We are actually planning to take the tapes out of the 9730 and put them into
the 9714.

The library name is generic enough to stay the same. We will be changing the
format type to 35C from 20C and the maxscratch will jump as well. The SCSI
address will be kept and the additional drive will added.

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: Laszlo Nemeth [SMTP:Laszlo.Nemeth AT SYBASE DOT COM]
> Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 2:18 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: DLT 4000 data and DLT 7000 Drives
>
> The 7000's are backward compatable for reading. Just be carefull with the
> upgrade. Check
> the level of ACSLS (assuming your running it), if your running a version 2
> ADSM
> server MAKE
> SURE it supports the 7000's if it doesn't now might be a good time to
> upgrade to
> version 3.
>
> the version 2 and acsls caught me making a 5 minute upgrade into a 2 week
> restore of
> a 16gig db, with adsm upgrade, with acsls upgrade.
>
> laz
>
>
>
>
>
> "Robinson, Cris" <Cris.Robinson AT LIBERTYMUTUAL DOT COM> on 05/07/99 
> 11:34:13 AM
>
>
> 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!