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Subject: Re: LTO4 tape from Windows to IBM i
From: DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:50:24 -0500
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Many don't realize that there is a chip in every LTO tape, even cleaning tapes. It is read by the drive as it is inserted. It is very possible that what the other software wrote to the chip is causing the IBM i LTO drive to reject it.

I do not know of any way to correct that but I'm not saying that can't be done.

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 2/27/2018 12:49 PM, Jeff Crosby wrote:

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 <

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