Yes, and remember to put the smaller drives at the head of the line in
the library.  That way the smaller tapes can move up to the smaller
drives and the larger ones will stay at the bottom.  I've noted over
time that TSM will use the drives in order from 01 down, and if you have
the larger ones at the top then the smaller tapes make take up the drive
bays.
We currently have a mix of LTO2 and LTO3 drives.
See Ya'
Howard


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf
> Of David McClelland
> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:14 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] different cartridge sizes in one library
> 
> There's a link for that:
> 
>
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v1r1/topic/com.ibm.it
> smaix
> n.doc/anragd55108.htm#mixdevtype
> 
> In fact, there are a few links - another:
> http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246502.pdf (section 5.11 -
> Mixed
> Media Libraries).
> 
> Briefly, yes, you can do it depending upon library type, media type
and
> media generation backward and forward compatibility.
> 
> /DMc
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf
> Of
> Mehdi Salehi
> Sent: 11 November 2009 16:01
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] different cartridge sizes in one library
> 
> Hi,
> What happens if I mix different generations of LTO cartridges in a
tape
> library? Does it matter from TSM's point of view? Let say a library
> with
> LTO4 drives but LTO4 and LTO3 cartridges in a mixture.
> 
> Thanks
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