I always throught that Tivoli said the tape(s) could not be read by anyone
without a viable DB tape.
Is this right or wrong?
Ken Sedlacek
AIX/TSM/UNIX Administrator
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Tivoli Certified Consultant - Tivoli Storage Manager v4.1
"James, Doug"
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We use 9840 cartridges manufactured by Imation, similar to IBM 3590 tapes.
For our company, Imation will replace the cartridges that are defective as
a
result of Imation processing; on average, this was true for half of the
cartridges that failed. The only sticking point is that we must send the
cartridges to Imation for analysis. If we magnetically erase the
cartridges
to prevent live data from going out of house, we destroy the imprinted
servo
tracks and void the warranty. Our auditors decided that the risk of
exposing privacy data was too great, and instructed us to stop sending live
data to Imation. We could send tapes to Imation if we wrote ones and zeros
across the entire tape, but if we are unable to write to the tape, then we
erase and dispose of the tape. One additional note on disposal: the tapes
contain chromium, a carcinogenic heavy metal that must be disposed of as
hazardous waste in the United States.
Doug
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Subject: 3590 Cartridges have a 10 year warranty replacement
Call the vendor and get a replacement tape.
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From: Bill Mansfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 9:17 AM
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Throw 'em away. Data is more valuable than tape.
_____________________________
William Mansfield
Senior Consultant
Solution Technology, Inc
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Hi TSM-ers,
I've got a 3590 cartridge that gave me read errors so I couln't copy the
data to a copy storage pool. What do you do with such tapes? Do you throw
them away? Do initialize them? If yes how?
Kind regards
Thomas Rupp
Vorarlberger Illwerke AG
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