Plugs notwithstanding, we look forward to any information that you can
provide. We would like to include this in our
end-of-year-scramble-to-use-all-remaining-budget-dollars-so-they-won't-t
ake-it-away-next-year purchases.
Thanks!
Roby
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Meszaros [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 1997 8:46 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re[2]: Installing a DLT4000
>
> The DLT4000 has been supported on the HP3000 for a couple years,
> now.
>
> <plug alert>
> As the first company to offer advanced backup software
> (BACKUP/3000)
> supporting DLT drives on the HP3000, we have learned a lot about
> how
> to maximize it's performance. Perhaps your hardware reseller
> doesn't
> have the same experience ;-)
>
> (We also resell DLTs optimized for performamce in your particular
> environment)... expect some information from your friendly ORBiT
> sales
> rep.
>
> <end plug alert>
>
> Paul Meszaros
> ORBiT Software (USA) Inc.
> [log in to unmask]
> 800-89-ORBiT
>
>
> ______________________________ Reply Separator
> _________________________________
> Subject: Re: Installing a DLT4000
> Author: "Wayne, Roby" <[log in to unmask]> at internet
> Date: 10/29/97 5:10 PM
>
>
> So you are saying that the DLT4000 will work on an
> HP3000 947?
>
> We were told by our hardware reseller that it wouldn't
> work.
>
> ===================================+====================
> Roby Wayne | [log in to unmask]
> MIS Project Leader | (804) 832-7335
> Belvac Production Machinery, Inc. | (804) 239-1964 Fax
> Lynchburg, VA |
> ===================================+====================
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gilles Schipper [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 1997 8:04 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Installing a DLT4000
> >
> > If you're on 5.0, you will need a patch (MPEJXC9A, I think - but it
> > may
> > have been superceded).
> >
> > On 5.5, there should be no problem at all.
> >
> > In either case, simply use the device name DLT4000, with the
> > appropriate
> > path, etc. in sysgen.
> >
> > Even if you can't get the appropriate patch for 5.0, you should
> still
> > be
> > able to configure and use the DLT4000 by using the "USER" id, and
> > appropriately manually configuring the other parameters in sysgen.
> >
> > Incidentally, I've noticed that current versions of DLT4000 drivers
> do
> > not
> > support the fastsearch feature most of us have learned to really
> > appreciate
> > with our 4mm drives. So expect to wait 25 minutes or more to restore
> > somewhere far into the tape - instead of the few seconds you have
> been
> > used
> > to for your 4mm media. There may be a patch in the works to correct
> > this.
> >
> > It could be that some or all of the various 3rd-party backup
> software
> > products do not have this limitation, but I don't know.
> >
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -----
> > Gilles Schipper
> > GSA Inc.
> > HP3000 & HP9000 System Administration Specialists
> > 300 John Street, Box 87651 Thornhill, ON Canada L3T 7R4
> > Voice: 905.889.3000 Fax: 905.889.3001
> > Internet: [log in to unmask] Compuserve: 71203,474
> >
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> > -----
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