Re: QIC to VXA-2 Tape

[Neil Palmer <neilp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

No - it's an entirely new format based on the 8mm tape carridge.

...Neil




"Tony Awbrey" <Tony.Awbrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Re: QIC to VXA-2 Tape






Speaking of the VXA-2, can this drive at least read Mammoth cartridges
or possibly even R/W to them? I couldn't find anything specific that
says one way or the other. I am configuring a new box and need to know
for sure that it can at least read these tapes.
 
Thanks,
 
 
 

Tony Awbrey
Technical Specialist
 
RuffaloCODY, Inc.
319.362.7483 ext. 3182
 
IBM Certified Specialist --
     iSeries Technical Solutions Design V4R5
     iSeries Solution Sales V4R5

>>> lbolhuis@xxxxxxxxxx 09/20/03 12:07PM >>>
Neil,

  I can't swear to it but there is no reason this wouldn't work.  The 
physical , electrical and interface requirements are all met.  You will

have to IPL to recognize the QIC but it should work just fine.  I have

moved tapes around for this purpose many times, even tapes that are NOT
 
supported and usually all is well.

- Larry

ps: Somes I push the 'not supported' thing a bit further than 
otherss...  http://www.frankenseries.com/gallery-frankie.html 

Neil Palmer wrote:

>Have a customer who will probably shortly be moving from a 270 to an
810. 
>They will be changing from 25GB QIC tape to 80GB VXA-2.  So one
concern is 
>obviously tape converion during the migration.  I see these
possibilities:
>
>1) Find a system with the capability to handlt both 25GB QIC & VXA-2
and 
>DUPTAP.
>
>2) Order the 810 with a 5702 PCI-X Tape Controller (or rent/borrow
one) 
>and attach a rented or borrowed  7207-330 external 30GB QIC.
>
>3) After saving the 270 to tape, remove the 4586 25GB QIC drive from
the 
>270, remove the 4585 VXA-2 drive from the 810, install the 4586,
restore 
>the backup from the 270, then switch the tape drives back.
>
>The last one is the one I have questions about.  I'm 99.99% sure this

>should work fine - the System Builder does list the 25GB 4586 as one
of 
>the internal tape drives attachable to the 810 .  The CD, DVD &
Internal 
>tapes are all the same size and in the past I've removed a CD drive
from a 
>model 400 to install a 2nd internal QIC drive and that went OK.  Does

>anyone know for sure that #3 above would work?
>
>...Neil