Re: Tape Density Question

Is this JUST for Exabyte Alexei ?

Chuck

pytel@us.ibm.com wrote:

> Exabyte tapes usually mimick themselves as some other type (non-8mm) on
> AS/400, so you cannot control density from OS/400 commands.
> You have to use DENSITY(*DEVD), which will use whatever was set on device
> itself.
> If you want to change density, do it from device control panel.
>
> Best regards
>     Alexei Pytel
>
> Howard Weatherly <hweatherly@dlis.dla.mil> on 12/02/99 12:58:21 PM
>
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>
> For Exabyte we have the device defined as 3422 model A01. Exactly how we
> arrived at
> those has escaped me but I suspect that that is what the manual said or
> what tech
> support said. In looking at the descriptions, I cannot tell where the *DEVD
> parm is?
> but by its name it is refering back to the device type (Resource Name) and
> Model
> number, so if you can get ahold of someone perhaps there is another
> device/model that
> might yield higher speeds?
>
> Chuck Lewis wrote:
>
> > Howard Weatherly wrote:
> >
> > <What value does *DEVD refer to? Maybe changing that would get rid of the
> messages.
> > We have an Exabyte 8mm and we have not been able to get it to go very
> fast either.>
> >
> > I have NO idea - the manual isn't much help either...
> >
> > Chuck
> >
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