Re: External tape drive -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: External tape drive
From: Lukas Beeler <lukas.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:29:27 +0100
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On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 18:09, Jim Donoghue <jdonoghue04@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

My 9406-620 has what appears to be a SCSI card installed in it (68-pin
connector, with a label '2729' on the card). Do I need to have a 'special'
IBM tape drive

You will need a tape drive that exposes IBM vendor and tape
identification fields to your IBM i. There are some third party tapes
that emulate that, normal ones won't work.

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