At 20:04 29/10/96 GMT, you wrote:
>Patrick Anderson ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>: I have an odd situation that is probably hardware related, but here is
>: the scenario.  I have a 959 running 5.0, and a 927 running 5.5 at work.
>:  I can store and restore tapes between the two machines all day long.
>: I have a 925 at home with 4.0.  I can restore tapes made on the 925 to
>: the 959 and 927, but I can't restore any tapes to the 925 made on
>: either the 959 or 927.
>: Is there some option, or dip switch on the DDS drives that's enabling
>: something.  Anyone have any ideas?
>
>Could it be that TRANSPORT=MPEXL is needed on the STORE command??
>
>Or maybe to disable hardware data compression on the source systems
>via the DEVCTRL.MPEXL.TELESUP xeq file??
>
>Or maybe using 120 meter tapes on DDS-2 that CANNNOT be read on DDS-1
>drives?
>
>HTH
>--
> James Overman HP Support Technology Lab  Roseville, CA
>

I've had just this problem, and it took me a few hours of swearing to solve
it.  The problem is that the new DDS-2 drives default to compression=yes
which the older DDS-1 drives complain about.  You need to use

   xeq DEVCTRL.MPEXL.TELESUP COMPRESSION=NO

before doing the store.  Also, TRANSPORT=MPEXL or just TRANSPORT is required
as well.

I also had problems trying to store using RoadRunner 4.6.4 (iX5.5) and
restore using 4.17 (XL 4.0).  I could not get this to work and had to resort
to using STORE.

I had no problems going the other way using either STORE or RoadRunner.


/Graeme/


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