On Saturday 22 August 2009 03:05:12 pm bob944 wrote: > Yes, if you're going to mix them. LTO4s are automatically detected > as hcart and so are LTO1s. So when you add the LTO4 drives, change > them to anything else--LTO2... 8MM, whatever, and set up barcode > rules so that all the LTO4 tapes you'll ever add get the same type.
Thanks for the tip. I didn't know about the barcode rules ! > Have you looked at your data to see if it's feasible to keep your > old library long enough to duplicate your long-term retention data > to LTO4 and then get rid of the LTO1s when you've duped everything > that hasn't already expired? That sounds like a nice mini-project. I totally agree and will look forward for doing it. The fact that I can consolidate, at least, about (8) LTO1 tapes into (1) LTO4 tape is pretty tempting! > This may well reopen up another favorite topic: retention and the > costs/logic/risks in keeping and trusting the usefullness and > recoverability of old data. I Agree :) All the best, Jorge _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu