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Re: [Networker] LTO3 and LTO4 in a single tape library

2010-04-29 19:06:31
Subject: Re: [Networker] LTO3 and LTO4 in a single tape library
From: Melvin Rau <mrau AT UDEL DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:03:50 -0400
I ended up creating a new pool and setting it to use the LTO4 drives exclusively, but also allowed my old LTO3 pools to use the LTO4 drives.

This worked out well for me. I'm using a Qualstar XLS library, attached to Solaris 10 box.

--Mel


On Apr 29, 2010, at 6:34 PM, Tim Mooney <Tim.Mooney AT NDSU DOT EDU> wrote:

In regard to: [Networker] LTO3 and LTO4 in a single tape library, Dietz,...:

We just added 2 new LTO4 drives in a StorageTek SL500 tape library with
4 existing LTO3 drives.

My question is this -- can I label new LTO4 tapes to the same pool as
other LTO3 tapes and expect NetWorker to be smart enough to load LTO3
tapes only to LTO3 drives and LTO4 tapes only to the new LTO4 drives

No.

, or
should I create a new and separate tape pool for the new LTO4 tapes? We
did get new L4 labels for the new LTO4 tapes.

That's worth a try.

Tim
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