Re: LTO4 tape from Windows to IBM i

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It is definitely LTO4.

It was formatted and written with NovaNet backup software.  When I placed
it in the LTO4 drive attached to our IBM i, it was immediately ejected.

If I take one of these tapes /that has never been used/, I am able to
insert it into the IBM i tape drive and initialize and use it.

Sony brand.


On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 11:23 AM, Musselman, Paul <
pmusselman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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> 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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