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try this site. it gives you a description in pdf format of how the labels are made up. http://www.tri-optic.com/Labels.asp you obviously have to get the sizes correct....and find a program to make them up with. hope this helps

try downgrading in steps. maybe the jump to V52 is too great.

you can downgrade firmware using HP Library Tape Tools, but you need to insert a password to allow the downgrading of firmware.

Hi Darren, other things to check are that the scsi id's are set with the autoloader at the lowest id and the drive a higher id. verify that the scsi cables are correctly orientated. Host to AUTOLOADER then to the drive, termination at the drive. Make sure you are using DLT IV media...

Darren, go into the Scsi card bios at power up and check that the card is set for wide negotiation and the transfer speeds are at the highest for all scsi id's. that is a good place to start

it sounds like the drive inside the autoloader needs replaced or repaired. The please clean me usually means that the drive cannot read or write data to the tape. It will be able to rewind and go forward without reading or writing. Hope this helps

power cycle the library. when the display indicates download BTO.x. press the execute button several times. it will after a few seconds bring you to a config screen where you can select the number of drives in the library. hope this helps

it sounds more likely to be the way you have your jobs set up in legato. Is the media set to overwrite the data or append. you could be just adding data to the tape all this time, and not realising you weren't overwriting the old data until the tape became full.

what sort of problems? I haven't seen any, but thats not to say there are none.

hope this helps IBM has just released an LTO Gen1 firmware update, 4561, that is intended to, among other things, increase overall reliability, improve tape handling, further reduce any possibility of error, and provide continued enhancements to diagnostic capabilities. Firmware fixes since...

hi, the latest firmware is 4561, and yes there is a list of problems fixed by this firmware, it is in pdf format.

John my advice would be to enable autoclean. None of the manufacturers of LTO really give an indication of how often to clean the drive, They advise to clean when the drive requests to be cleaned. Cleaning tapes are abrasive and wear head life so I would clean as little as is necessary.

I have just made a 9840 firmware tape. Can anyone tell me how to use this tape to upgrade other 9840 drives. thanks

The dell drives are so cheap because they won't work in the library. You need to have drives which are Library Ready. You will be able to get drives which don't come from quantum but will work at a lower cost than £8000. Not allowed to promote companies on here, so if you have an email, I can...

you have possibly been getting quotes for different makes of LTO2, i.e. a 2nd user hp lto2 will be a lot cheaper than a new IBM lto2. It is a very difficult task to price like for like, as there are so many people who sell tape drives. It all depends what quality you want and at what price you...