EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU> wrote on 
08/11/2008 01:02:28 PM:

> I'm wondering .. if I have a SDLT-320 tape, can I load it into a 
SDLT-600 
> library, and run say "scanner -m" or "scanner -i" on it? It shiould 
work, 
> I think , since I am not writing to the tape. 

Apparently not .. it complained that that it knew the tape was an 
SDLT-320, and it was in an SDLT-600 drive, and so wouldn't "scanner -i" 
(because it already existed in the media database).

<SIGH>

Suggestions?

> This would make my restores 
> go faster, since I could be running multiple scanner commands at once, 
> then. (I've found out you don't really need to run them sequentially; as 

> long as you "scanner -m or -i" on the entire set, you can do them 
> simultaneuosly, and ignore the "Load tape 1234" message, if you've 
already 
> scannered tape 1234, or are scanning tape 1234)

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