David,

Thank You for your help.
I guess I will have to order a couple of silver sharpies.   Sterling
Forest is requesting us to put our contract number, but we might put
something like our complany name on them( HN, WNY) so that we don't have
to do this again if we switch dr sites.


Thanks again.


Nancy Backhaus
Enterprise Systems
Backhaus.Nancy AT HealthNow DOT org
Office: (716) 887-7979
Cell: (716)  609-2138




"David Longo" <David.Longo AT health-first DOT org>
12/13/2005 01:26 PM


        To:     <Backhaus.Nancy AT HEALTHNOW DOT ORG>, <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT 
EDU>
        cc:
        Subject:        Re: Adding additional sticker to lto tapes for Disaster 
Recovery Test


This has been discussed some from time to time.
Basically, as I remember, two conclusions.

1.  Don't put ANY labels on tapes except the original barcode
labels.  Anything else has the potential to jam tape drives or robot
mechanism.

2.  I believe some folks have used some type of felt tip pen of various
colors (to stand out from color of LTO tape case) to make some markings
on the tape case.



David B. Longo
System Administrator
Health First, Inc.
3300 Fiske Blvd.
Rockledge, FL 32955-4305
PH      321.434.5536
Pager  321.634.8230
Fax:    321.434.5509
david.longo AT health-first DOT org


>>> Backhaus.Nancy AT HEALTHNOW DOT ORG 12/13/05 12:16 PM >>>
Hello,

We have a disaster recovery test scheduled soon for IBM Sterling Forest,
NY site.   We have been asked to add an additional sticker to all our LTO
1 and LTO2 tapes as a unique identifier for the disaster recovery
test(about 600 tapes) while at the DR test site besides the barcode label.
   We will be using a 3584 Library - LTO 2 drives for the recovery test. I
talked to our  library vendor, who suggested adding the labels to the top
of the lto 2 tapes, and that the additional label doesn't pose any problem
as long as it isn't a barcode type label and that the label of course is
stuck on correctly to the tape.   I believe the identifier would be our DR
contract number(have to confirm that).

Wondering if anyone else has had to do this for a dr test, any issues,
recommendations?

TSM Version 5.2.3.5
Operating System - AIX 5.3 Mod 2
ADIC I2000 Library -LTO 2 drives

Thank You.

Nancy Backhaus
Enterprise Systems
Backhaus.Nancy AT HealthNow DOT org
Office: (716) 887-7979
Cell: (716)  609-2138

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