OK, I see that the feature change is available for both B and E drives. But, you cannot use K Tapes in B drives without this feature upgrade. The drive will have a green 2X sticker on the back of it if it is K tape capable. It is more than a microcode change last I checked.
-----Original Message----- From: Nathan Himmel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 9:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3590 - Estimate Capacity question Please see IBM Announcement letter #100-047 or http://www.storage.ibm.com/media/prod_data/g225-6759.pdf Nathan Himmel Semech Software Marketing LTD. Tel:(972)-3-5333144 Fax:(972)-3-5333132 Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Seay, Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 11:52 AM Subject: Re: 3590 - Estimate Capacity question > I think you may be mistaken here. We were one of the customers that had the > early E1A drives. In order for the K tapes to be used we had to put a > feature update on to change the mechanism in the drive, not the tape head. > This change was necessary to support the thinner tape the K tape has. B > models cannot support this to my knowledge unless a recent change was made. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nathan Himmel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 3:59 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: 3590 - Estimate Capacity question > > > 3590B1A drive should support (with the proper microcode) the K tapes. So, > the native capacity is 20GB. > > Nathan Himmel > Semech Software Marketing LTD. > Tel:(972)-3-5333144 > Fax:(972)-3-5333132 > Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Orville Lantto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 10:08 PM > Subject: Re: 3590 - Estimate Capacity question > > > > 3590B1A drives are 128 track drives. Native capacity should be 10 GB. > > They do not support the K tapes. Upgrade to 3590E1A for that support and > > 256 track tapes. > > > > Orville L. Lantto > > Datatrend Technologies, Inc. > > 121 Cheshire Lane #700 > > Minnetonka, MN 55305 > > > > > > > > > > > > Nathan Himmel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 11/08/01 01:34 PM > > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > cc: > > Subject: 3590 - Estimate Capacity quesion > > > > > > Hi, > > > > Customer is using TSM V4.1 server on Windows 2000, 3494-ATL, 3590B1A > > drives which should support the Extended Length cartridges and 3590 model > > K cartridges (20GB uncompressed). > > "q vol" reports: Estimate Capacity is about 18GB, Status is FULL, Pct Util > > is about 95-100% and Pct. Reclaimable Space is about 0-5% (There is no > > tape with more then 18GB). > > Compression is done on the Drive side. > > FORMAT = DRIVE is defined on the Devclass. > > I would expect that the Estimate Capacity should indicate the actual > > capacity on the tapes (after compression), regardless of what is defined > > on the Devclass. > > Is this a real problem or only a report problem? > > > > Any idea? > > > > > > Nathan Himmel > > Semech Software Marketing LTD. > > Tel:(972)-3-5333144 > > Fax:(972)-3-5333132 > > Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
