Our data is many times the subject of congressional investigations or
FOIA requests so it has to be there and it has to be accessible.
As of 10/24 when I pressed the then on-site ADIC CE for LTO2 drivers
that absolutely would work he installed 4AP0. We had 4772 on there
before and he removed it and flashed them with 4AP0. I asked him if he
had the 53Y2, he said he "knew" 4AP0 worked and did not want to come
back out here. /shrug.
I am a firm believer in having the latest and greatest in everything for
myself and my users. But I am also a fan of ONLY using what I know
works...And I try to impress that upon our vendors.
So far the tally for my almost new Scalar 100 installed April 2005.
$0.00 2 Picker Assemblies
$0.00 2 LTO2 Drives
$0.00 1 Picker Control Board
$0.00 1 Picker Rotary Motor
$0.00 5 visits from NCR Tech (sent by ADIC)
$0.00 1 visit by ADIC CE
$0.00 22 Tylenol
$7.99 1/5 of Crown
$0.99 2 liters of Coke
Number of times grabbing my ankles saying "Thank you sir, may I have
another?" Priceless.
The library is up again....
In Valen's Name... /ALE
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Legato NetWorker discussion
> [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of Librado Pamintuan
> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 5:54 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] Premature marking tapes full
>
> the latest firmware from IBM is 53Y2, here's the link.
>
>
> http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=590&context=STCB7F
> E&dc=D420&uid=ssg1S4000152&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en
>
>
> >>> Eddie.Albert AT AFRPA.PENTAGON.AF DOT MIL 21/Oct/2005 3:42 pm >>>
>
> FIRMWARE Current for IBM LTO2 drives is 4772
>
> /ALE
>
> Eddie Albert, Network Serf
> Air Force Real Property Agency
> Executive Services/Computer Systems
> Desk (703) 696 - 5509 - Hip (703) 517-3855
> Eddie.Albert AT afrpa.Pentagon.af DOT mil
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Legato NetWorker discussion
>
> > [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of Librado
> Pamintuan
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 10:26 AM
> > To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> > Subject: Re: [Networker] Premature marking tapes full
> >
>
> > Well, this is now getting a little bit confusing. I have IBM
>
> > LTO-2 tape drives also and ADIC Tech. Support advised me that
>
> > the firmware 4AP0 is the latest and now we have 2 different
>
> > firmwares on this thread, which one is should we use?
> >
>
> >
>
> > Librado Pamintuan
> > Technical Support Analyst II
> > Information Systems Dep.
> > Operations Group
> > City of Regina
> >
>
> >
>
> > Phone: (306) 777-7573
> > General Fax: (306) 777-6804
> > eFax: (306) 546-6002
> > eMail: lpamintuan AT regina DOT ca
> >
>
> > >>> robert.maiello AT PFIZER DOT COM 09/07/05 8:00 am >>>
> > I have not seen the LTO2 tapes that sensitive to firmware.
>
> > That said, StorageTek anyway is shipping IBM LTO2 the latest
>
> > firmware of 53Y2. Before that they were shipping 4C60.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > I would ask ADIC what driver and firmware they reccommend.
> >
>
> > Robert Maiello
> > Pioneer Data Systems
> >
>
> > On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 12:05:03 +0200, Maarten Boot
>
> > (CWEU-USERS/CWNL) <Maarten.Boot AT NL.COMPUWARE DOT COM> wrote:
> >
>
> > >IBM LTO2 uses a different way to check the servo tracks than
>
> > most other
>
> > >brands the latest firmware 4772 corrects that so that IBM
> drives are
>
> > >more tolerant to errors in the servo tracks then before.
> > >
> > >(before both servo tracks must be perfect) with the latest firmware
>
> > >occasional glitches in one servo track are Ok as lomg as at least 1
>
> > >servo track is still OK.
> > >
> > >Even then, I have 3 IBM drives are had already 2 swapped
>
> > tape drives,
>
> > >we bought them sept 2004.
> > >
> > >Maarten
> > >
> > >
> > >On Tuesday 06 September 2005 23:21, Albert Eddie Contractor
>
> > AFRPA/ESS wrote:
> > >> OK waited long enough to get input from you guys.
> > >>
> > >> I am not discounting everyone but will try to reply to all
>
> > with one
>
> > >> reply if I can.
> > >>
> > >> 3 Sites
> > >> HQ w/ADIC SCALAR 100
> > >> Site 2 w/SCALAR 24
> > >> Site 3 w/SCALAR 24
> > >>
> > >> Things in common
> > >>
> > >> All sites running
> > >> Windows 2003 SP1
> > >> Legato Networker for Windows v7.2
> > >> IBM LTO2 Drives
> > >>
> > >> There is a specific ADIC SCALAR 100 driver Had to use a generic
>
> > >> UNSPECIFIED SCALAR Driver for the SCALAR 24s
> > >>
> > >> Legato Tech Support is saying IBM LTO2 Drives are being
> returned a
>
> > >> lot (we have returned one from each site)
> > >>
> > >> When I "MONITOR" one of the tapes that consistently gets
> marked as
>
> > >> FULL, Legato appears to read the tape as "WRITE PROTECTED"
>
> > then it is
>
> > >> marked full.
> > >>
> > >> The problem started at the site in CA, then a few days later in
>
> > >> happened in TX and then finally at HQ here in DC. I don't
>
> > think it is
>
> > >> a Legato VIRUS per-se but the look and the fact that it
>
> > came in a wave is weird.
> > >>
> > >> We need to get this fixed of course as those tapes are
>
> > very expensive.
> > >>
> > >> > -----Original Message-----
> > >> > From: Legato NetWorker discussion
> > >> > [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of Scott Clous
> > >> > Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 7:31 PM
> > >> > To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> >
>
> > >> > Subject: Re: [Networker] Premature marking tapes full
> > >> >
> > >> > I've seen some notes about Legato having issues, in some
>
> > versions,
>
> > >> > have you applied any patches from Legato? I'd love to know the
>
> > >> > answer too.
> > >> > What OS are the backup servers running, 2003/2000? Which
>
> > service pack?
> > >> > Some tapes are bad. Some drives are bad, describe more
>
> > the details
>
> > >> > of when this this happening... Thx.
> > >> >
> > >> > -----Original Message-----
> > >> > From: Legato NetWorker discussion
> > >> > [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
> >
>
> > >> > On Behalf Of Albert Eddie Contractor AFRPA/ESS
> > >> > Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 1:14 PM
> > >> > To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> >
>
> > >> > Subject: [Networker] Premature marking tapes full
> > >> >
> > >> > Fairly new install (3 months)
> > >> > ADIC SCALAR 24s and ADIC SCALAR 100 Networker for Windows 7.2
> > >> >
> > >> > I have 3 sites similar hardware and identical installs
> > >> >
> > >> > All 3 sites have tapes being marked very prematurely as
>
> > FULL when
>
> > >> > they are no where near it.
> > >> >
> > >> > 178 MB tape marked as full on a 200GB natural LTO2 tape.
> > >> >
> > >> > ADIC points to software, Legato points to ADIC here I am
>
> > stuck in
>
> > >> > the middle with you!
> > >> >
> > >> > Any ideas what could be causing this?
> > >> >
> > >> > Semper Fidelis, /ALE
> > >> >
> > >> > Eddie Albert, Network Serf
> > >> > Air Force Real Property Agency
> > >> > Executive Services/Computer Systems Desk (703) 696 - 5509 - Hip
>
> > >> > (703) 517-3855 Eddie.Albert AT afrpa.Pentagon.af DOT mil
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