Hi,
See the following link which may be helpful:

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21217789


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> From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU <zforray AT VCU DOT EDU>
> Date: 2007/07/26 Thu PM 01:15:53 EDT
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: 6 vs 8 character LTO2 volser - do I care ?
>
> In reference to my previous posting, I am moving my 3583 LTO libraries
> from AIX ownership to Linux ownership (as well as the newest 5.4.1 server
> level).
>
> I just checked in some scratch tapes to the Linux system and the tapes
> came up as 8-characters (090000L2 vs 090000).
>
> Do I care ?  Is this going to cause any conflicts or other problems ?  Is
> this going to require relabeling ? Can I set it back to 6-characters ?   I
> read that LTO3 requires 8-chars but these are LTO2 only. No plans to buy
> any more drives and we certainly wouldn't mix them if we did !
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Zoltan Forray
> Virginia Commonwealth University
> Office of Technology Services
> University Computing Center
> e-mail: zforray AT vcu DOT edu
> voice: 804-828-4807
>