The high density drives will never write a tape in low density. They can read the low density tapes. Jim Sporer
At 01:20 PM 11/15/2001 -0600, you wrote: >Hello, > >** TSM 4.1 -- AIX 4.3.3.0 -- 3494 Library ** > >We upgraded our 3590B drives to 3590E1A drives. We've also started using >the double density tapes (K). > >If I am not mistaken, once the tape has been labeled it will remain at the >density that it was labeled at. So, if I labeled a tape with the old >3590B drives and the low density tape and this tape gets used and >eventually becomes scratch again, will it ever be re-labeled at the higher >density so that we are getting our moneys worth out of our upgrades? > >I thought about using a script that would do a 'trap' and watch for tapes >becoming scratch and then just relabel them at that point. Anyone been in >this situation before? > >thanks for your time. >-shawn > >Shawn L. Bierman >Unix Technical Support Analyst II >Methodist Healthcare >Information Systems >(901) 516-0143 (office) >(901) 516-0043 (fax)
