Re: IBM System Storage TS3100 Tape library; unnecessary tape verification by restoring object?

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

I think that's over and above what 95% of the shops out there would do. 
(Not that this fact hasn't stopped me in some other endeavors.)
It's been a long time since I've worked with truly lousy tape drives (like 
that on a Basic 4) where the backup took hours and you had a beer if it 
was successful.
Jim pointed out some good points about tape drive statistics from 
PRTERRLOG TYPE(*VOLSTAT) VOLTYPE(3590).  Don't let the 3590 confuse you. 
We use it for our lto3 tapes also.

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Rob Berendt