There is a difference between the J and K tapes and the 3590 drives need to
support the extended length tapes.  If the drives are new there is no
problem but older 3590E drives may need an upgrade to support the extended
length tapes.  Check with your CE.
Jim Sporer


At 11:12 PM 12/10/2002 +0100, you wrote:

Hello,

AIX 5.1, TSM 4.2.1.19, IBM 3494 library, 3590E-drives

At the moment we use about 900 J-cartridges in our library. Is it possible
to checkin K-cartridges and use them besides the J-cartridges.

During upgrade from our drives from 3590B to 3590E we changed status of our
volumes to read-only because of different tracks used on tape.

As far as I know is the only difference between J and K the length of the
tape, so I guess there will be no problem.

I'm wondering if someone is using both J and K cartridges and if there
encounter any problems.

Thanx,

Brian.






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