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  1. ggoldman

    LTO tape for 7017-S70

    Hi malki. I think you asked which model to buy, not which brand. With regards to the IBM LTO models you have a few choices. Which physical connection style to use - either HVD or LVD. I believe that HVD has a theoretical limit of 40MB/sec and LVD 80MB/sec. HVD uses a 5V signal and can...
  2. ggoldman

    UNIX gecos field

    Thanks Ramon. I had thought though that the letters actually represented other words. Hold the fort. Geoff Goldman ggoldman@ottaway.com
  3. ggoldman

    UNIX gecos field

    Hi. This is very embarrassing, but I forgot what the mnemonic gecos stands for. I of course know what the field is used for, but for the life of me I can no longer remember what it stands for. Getting old I guess. Thanks. Geoff Goldman ggoldman@ottaway.com
  4. ggoldman

    Clone???

    Hi. Assuming you have a fairly recent version of AIX, it's pretty straightforward and there are only a few things to consider. If the platforms are fairly similar (both are uni-processor or SMP, rspc or chrp, etc..), then all you need to do is make a mksysb backup, ipl and restore the backup...
  5. ggoldman

    Configuring ethernet adapter network speed

    Hi Chris. A few thoughts. First, I would strongly discourage you from using auto-negotiate on any network cards. It's a nice idea but (at least currently) an immature function. In auto-negotiate the network card tends to act like a MODEM when talking to the hub or switch and will often change...
  6. ggoldman

    Sysback configuration problem.

    Hi. I've never uses an IBM 7337 but we do use the IBM 7331 library and we do use Sysback. All of our server backups are scripted using Sysback and the 7331 library.<br><br>Have you configured the 7337 itself? With the 7331 you have to tell it to run either in random mode (the default) which...

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