Re: Tape Density Question

[Howard Weatherly <hweatherly@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.

Chuck Lewis wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> We have an IBM 9427-210 Cartridge tape unit (if anyone wants to donate
> something faster...).
>
> I format the tapes (Maxell HS-8/112 Helical-Scan 8mm Data Cartridge) at
> 5GB.
>
> When I save something I get a message CPF4204 "Volume 'nnnnnnnnnn' on
> device TAP01 is density *FMT5GB". And the cause "The output volume is a
> different density than specified for file QSYSTAP in QSYS. blah, blah,
> blah".
>
> File QYS/QSYSTAP shows as DENSITY(*DEVD). Everything saves (and
> restores) OK, but not very fast...
>
> Is this OK or is there something I should be doing ?
>
> TIA,
>
> Chuck
>
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