Check the drive documentation if it is backword compatible. Test a
manual backup, load the drive with a tape and run a ta command on.

Please let us know what is your environment, so we can give a little
better suggestion.

Thanks

On 6/16/05, Andrew Stueve <andrew.stueve AT neovera DOT com> wrote:
> Now, I have had a different problem.  I have LTO-1 drives.  I added 2
> LTO-2 drives, but no LTO-2 media.  The LTO-2 drives are an available
> storage group, and I have a backup configured to use them.  However,
> they will not use the LTO-1 media.  The backups fail.
> 
> Any ideas on what is happening?
> 
> -Andrew
> 
> Algo Seeker wrote:
> 
> >I have recently migrated from LTo-2 to LTO-3 and there are no issues,
> >as all the media is still LTO-2. The only issue is I am not mixing
> >drives, as that might be a case, when I have LTO-3 media in the robot
> >and it will be suspended/frozen f I try to use in a LTO-2 drive.
> >
> >So in your case, as long as the drives u purchased are backward
> >compatible, then u should be ok.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >On 6/15/05, Song <song_1977 AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi all,
> >>
> >>My current setup as below :
> >>Master server = NBU5.0 (MP3)
> >>Media server = NBU4.5
> >>Library = L700 (currently have 8 LTO1 drive and going to add in few LTO2
> >>tape drives using SSO).
> >>
> >>Question:
> >>1. Is it possible for LTO2 drive to backup using LTO1 tape and what's the
> >>procedure to configure?
> >>2. Is it possible to configure LTO2 and LTO1 tape drive in the same library
> >>to use only LTO1 tape (for temporary till we get the LTO2 tapes)?
> >>
> >>
> >>Thanks.
> >>
> >>- Song
> >>
> >>____
> >>
> 
> 
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