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Are you sure the tapes are LTO4, and not an LTO5+? Those would be unusable in an LTO4 tape drive.
LTO4 tapes are Green.
You should be able to Read/Write LTO4 and LTO3 tapes, and read LTO2 tapes.
There's a complete compatibility matrix at
http://www.tandbergdata.com/us/index.cfm/support/compatibility/tape-drive-media-compability-matrix/
Are you sure your tape drive is LTO4?
Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Crosby
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 8:58 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: LTO4 tape from Windows to IBM i
We have 10 LTO4 tapes that were used for Windows server backups. They
haven't been used all that much and, since we no longer have those Windows
servers, thought I would try to reuse them on the IBM i.
When I insert one of them into the LTO4 drive (3580) on the IBM i, it is
immediately ejected and a big honkin' red light comes on on that tape
drive. Hence I don't even get to try an INZTAP DEV(TAP09) CHECK(*NO).
Is there any way I could get this to work? I actually have a bulk eraser,
but assume it will forever make these tapes unusable.
Thanks.
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