Mike this should not be a problem.
I have done a similar thing on a 4mm tape libary using 60, 90 and 120M tapes
and it worked without any problems.
Mark
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Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 9:23 PM
Subject: Mixed tapes in a 3494 library
> Hi,
>
> We are planning to use a mix of short and long length 3590 tapes in a
single
> 3494 library. Some storage pools will use the short tapes for a 20gb
capacity,
> others will use the long 40gb capacity.
>
> Is it possible to have two types of scratch tapes existing in the same
library,
> or must we choose one length of tape for the scratch pool and staticly
assign
> tapes to the other stgpools?
>
> Has anyone done this sort of thing, or have any thoughts on the subject?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
