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Speaking of the VXA-2, can this drive at least read Mammoth cartridges or possibly even R/W to them? I couldn't find anything specific that says one way or the other. I am configuring a new box and need to know for sure that it can at least read these tapes. Thanks, Tony Awbrey Technical Specialist RuffaloCODY, Inc. 319.362.7483 ext. 3182 IBM Certified Specialist -- iSeries Technical Solutions Design V4R5 iSeries Solution Sales V4R5 >>> lbolhuis@xxxxxxxxxx 09/20/03 12:07PM >>> Neil, I can't swear to it but there is no reason this wouldn't work. The physical , electrical and interface requirements are all met. You will have to IPL to recognize the QIC but it should work just fine. I have moved tapes around for this purpose many times, even tapes that are NOT supported and usually all is well. - Larry ps: Somes I push the 'not supported' thing a bit further than otherss... http://www.frankenseries.com/gallery-frankie.html Neil Palmer wrote: >Have a customer who will probably shortly be moving from a 270 to an 810. >They will be changing from 25GB QIC tape to 80GB VXA-2. So one concern is >obviously tape converion during the migration. I see these possibilities: > >1) Find a system with the capability to handlt both 25GB QIC & VXA-2 and >DUPTAP. > >2) Order the 810 with a 5702 PCI-X Tape Controller (or rent/borrow one) >and attach a rented or borrowed 7207-330 external 30GB QIC. > >3) After saving the 270 to tape, remove the 4586 25GB QIC drive from the >270, remove the 4585 VXA-2 drive from the 810, install the 4586, restore >the backup from the 270, then switch the tape drives back. > >The last one is the one I have questions about. I'm 99.99% sure this >should work fine - the System Builder does list the 25GB 4586 as one of >the internal tape drives attachable to the 810 . The CD, DVD & Internal >tapes are all the same size and in the past I've removed a CD drive from a >model 400 to install a 2nd internal QIC drive and that went OK. Does >anyone know for sure that #3 above would work? > >...Neil >_____ > _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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