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[Veritas-bu] DLT 4000 to DLT 7000 conversion

2000-05-03 13:47:25
Subject: [Veritas-bu] DLT 4000 to DLT 7000 conversion
From: Mark Smiles msmiles AT lucent DOT com
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 18:47:25 +0100
Paul,
In answer to question 3
In your /kernel/drv/st.conf, you need the following selected;

     "QUANTUM DLT7000",      "Quantum DLT7000", "DLT7k-data",
and
     DLT7k-data =    1,0x38,0,0x1D639,4,0x82,0x83,0x84,0x85,2;
Regards,
Mark

Paul Windsor wrote:

> We are using NetBackup 3.2 on a SUN4000 (Solaris 2.6) and using two STK
> 9710 silos with 10 DLT 4000 each. Our plan is to upgrade the tape drives
> to DLT 7000s. The questions are:
>
>   1. Will NetBackup be able to read existing backup tapes ( the DLT IV
>       carts are used )
>
>   2. After the upgrade will the tapes be written in DLT7000 mode or
> must      the tapes be blank labeled
>
>   3. I have seen several different DLT7000 definitions for the st.conf
>       file .... what is correct
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Paul
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