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 have been superceded).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 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -----