Ditto.

John, there is nothing in the 3584 or in TSM that will give you what you
want, if the tapes are ejected for vaulting and leave the 3584.

The only way we're going to get this info, is if somebody provides an API to
read from the cartridge chip.  I'm kinda suprised nobody has done that yet
-- except as Tom says, the cartridges tend to last a long time anyway.

W





On 6/20/08, Kauffman, Tom <KauffmanT AT nibco DOT com> wrote:
>
> All I can offer is a rule of thumb -- if you get write errors that are not
> the result of a dirty drive, throw it out. If you get read errors on the
> same tape on two different drives, throw it out.
>
> We ran about 130 LTO-1 tapes in both LTO-1 and LTO-2 drives for slightly
> over seven years and I ended up dumping six tapes over the period.
>
> Tom Kauffman
> NIBCO, Inc.
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> Bell, Charles (Chip)
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> Subject: LTO Tape Life
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> Is there a way to find out if your tapes are nearing their end-of-use? I
> use
> a 3584, and unfortunately am still having to deal with LTO-1/2 cartridges.
> How can I tell, either from TSM (which I doubt) or from 3584 hardware level
> what the amount-of-times used/mounted is? Normally, between myself and the
> mainframe guys, we get rid of a certain range of volumes based on when we
> bought them and bar code number. Is there a way to determine use? Thanks!
>
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> Chip Bell
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