> Now, I'm unable to change the media type to LTO3 for either of our 2
> drives.  
> A "man nsr_device" states valid media types and LTO is not included,
> though I know that LTO3 support is one of the bugs fixed in 7.2.1
> (according to the "bugs fixed" PDF). 
> 
> When I try to specify the media type LTO3 with nsradmin I get "media
> type is a read-only attribute".
> When I try to choose the media type LTO3 in nwadmin I get the same error
> in a dialog "media type is a read-only attribute".

You can't "change" it.  Delete and recreate the device with the type you
want. 

> Just FYI: we've been running LTO3 drives with old Legato version - have
> been overriding the capacity, but would like to speed things up a bit
> now...

I would expect zero difference in behavior or performance after you
change it.  Networker doesn't care what type of tape is on the back
end.  It's really just naming it for your benefit (and to keep track of
what tapes go where).  If you have existing volumes, they will retain
the 'lto' type.  I don't know if you can mount them on a 'lto3' drive.


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