I think you have to relabel to get the higher density/ capacity. Folks
usually setup their libraries to auto-relabel if there is an error reading
the label.
On Feb 28, 2013 8:35 PM, "Prather, Wanda" <Wanda.Prather AT icfi DOT com> wrote:

> Looking at this myself for a customer.
> Just to confirm,
> when you reclaim a JB cartridge that was written by an E05, let it go
> scratch, then write it from the beginning on an E06 drive, you get it
> written at higher density but you do NOT have to relabel the cartridge,
> correct?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> William Sefranek
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> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] 3592 upgrades....
>
> Allen,
>
> You are recalling correctly as I have done the exact same thing. We are
> currently migrating from our 3494 library with 3592 E05 drives to a 3584
> library with 3592 E07 drives. I have removed some of our old scratch
> 3952 E05 JB tapes from our 3494 to use in the 3584 without incident.
> They are working fine using the 3592-4C format. The 3592 E07 drives will
> only read tapes written with the 3592-2C format but as you pointed out when
> the tapes go through a scratch cycle and then are written to using the
> 3592-4C format you will realize the increase in storage capacity.
>
> Here is a 3592 format matrix from IBM:
>
> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/wikis/home/wiki/IBM%20Removable%20Media%20on%20IBM%20i/page/3592%20Cartridges%20and%20Drives%20compatibility%20on%20IBM%20i?lang=en
>
> Hope this helps,
> Bill
>
> On 2/27/2013 4:00 PM, Allen S. Rout wrote:
> > Way back when, when I updated my 3592 drives, I seem to recall I was
> > able to write the higher density format to the old tapes, once they
> > went through a scratch cycle...  We just went through a long period in
> > which space got ... easy. :)
> >
> > I'm contemplating updating from the E05s to the E07s now, and I want
> > to double-check that this is the case at this transition, too.  Or am
> > I insane and remembering incorrectly?
> >
> > Any war stories about drive hardware updates?
> >
> > - Allen S. Rout
> >
> >
>
>
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