brian-may
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Hello,
How long do LTO tapes last? When should we replace them? What are the potential problems if we don't?
We purchased our LTO4 tapes late 2007, and have been wondering if we need to consider replacing them.
Some people here hold the opinion that TSM will keep retrying if there is a error until the operation succeeds. They say there should be a record somewhere of recent errors encountered by the drive. If so, where?
Personally, my understanding is that TSM will abort immediately on the first error without retrying and mark both the tape and the drive offline requiring manual. Would be nice to be able to get some official information here, putting this argument to an end.
Thanks
How long do LTO tapes last? When should we replace them? What are the potential problems if we don't?
We purchased our LTO4 tapes late 2007, and have been wondering if we need to consider replacing them.
Some people here hold the opinion that TSM will keep retrying if there is a error until the operation succeeds. They say there should be a record somewhere of recent errors encountered by the drive. If so, where?
Personally, my understanding is that TSM will abort immediately on the first error without retrying and mark both the tape and the drive offline requiring manual. Would be nice to be able to get some official information here, putting this argument to an end.
Thanks