On Sep 1, 2005, at 10:26 AM, Rushforth, Tim wrote:
Thanks Bill. Sounds like the documentation is wrong.
The doc seems correct to me. A devclass is associated with a single library definition, and drives are defined to that library. The devclass has a single Format value specification, and can only be specific to a drive model if all drives are of that model. If they are of mixed, compatible generations of the same technology, then the Format value has to be more general (DRIVE). As Bill illustrated, if you want model-specific Format values, then you need separate devclass definitions. Observe the note in the Reference manual: "Note: The server supports the mixing of LTO Ultrium Generation 1 drives and media with LTO Ultrium Generation 2 drives and media because the LTO Ultrium Generation 2 drives can read and write to Generation 1 media." Richard Sims
