Thanks Denys!

Yes, it should read the 90m, but looks like HP sent out a 60m.

- Chris

Denys Beauchemin wrote:

>I warned of this problem almost a year ago, but it looks like HP did not
>listen.  The DDS-4 will indeed not read of write to 60M tapes.  I believe
>that it can read, but not write on a 90M tape.  The 120, 125 and 150 are all
>ok for read and write.
>
>As to your immediate problem, you can get a copy of SLTCOPY at the Hicomp
>website and use that to copy the 60M tape to a 90M or better tape, if you
>have a system with 2 or more tape drives.  If this is an add-on product, I
>do not believe there is any non-file system stuff on it.  You should be able
>to restore on another system and then store the stuff on a new tape.
>
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Denys. . .
>
>Denys Beauchemin
>HICOMP
>(800) 323-8863  (281) 288-7438         Fax: (281) 288-7438
>denys at hicomp.com                             www.hicomp.com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
>Chris Wong
>Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 4:56 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: dds-4 and tape from HP
>
>Hi,
>
>A customer has a new A-box with only a DDS-4 tape drive.  The tape sent
>from HP for an add-on product is DDS-1 format.  In the past, DDS was
>always back compatible, meaning that if you had a DDS-3, it could read
>tapes from a 1 or 2. However, DDS-4 can't read a DDS-1 tape:
>
>PROBLEM
>Can a DDS4 read from or write to a DDS1 tape?
>RESOLUTION
>Because the DDS-4 tape path is designed for thinner tape (90m,
>120m,125m, and
>150m used in DDS1, 2, 3, and 4), writing or reading from the thicker 60m
>DDS-1
>media is not supported as overall DDS performance would be compromised.
>(Note: 90m tapes are read-only)
>
>So, the tape drive keeps ejecting out the tape.  Any ideas for
>workarounds (besides installing a DDS3 drive)?
>Is there a way to restore this tape on another system and then move the
>files over via the network and then cut a tape from the DDS-4?  I think
>not, because isn't a bunch of stuff on this tape non-store/restore files?
>
>Thanks.
>
>- Chris
>
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