We did this. One thing is the lto-3 drives will only be able to read your lto-1 media, but not write to it. It could cost quite a bit to do a complete converstion over.
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/27/06 09:20PM >>> Yes. See your IBM Business Partner for the details and costs. Orville L. Lantto Glasshouse Technologies, Inc. ________________________________ From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Zosimo Noriega Sent: Sun 8/27/2006 03:00 To: [email protected] Subject: [ADSM-L] Upgrade IBM 3584 LTO-1 to LTO-3 drives Hi Sir, Please help me regarding my inquiries. Is it possible to upgrade IBM 3584 with existing 6 LTO-1 tape drives into 6 LTO-3 tape drives? What consideration may required? We have AIX 5.1 (p610 server) with TSM 5.1 server. Tape Library: IBM 3584 UltraScalable Tape Library with 6 FC drives & 254 slots. Thanks for your help in advance. Best Regards, Zosimo B. Noriega Systems Analyst, Data Storage ADNOC - IS&T P.O. Box 898, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Tel: 971-2-6024987/971-50-5914267/Fax: 971-2-6665587 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e- mail. ------------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message is confidential, intended only for the named recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged, or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that the dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you receive this message in error, or are not the named recipient(s), please notify the sender by reply e-mail, delete this e-mail from your computer, and destroy any copies in any form immediately. Receipt by anyone other than the named recipient(s) is not a waiver of any attorney-client, work product, or other applicable privilege. This message and all contents may be reviewed by authorized parties of the Catholic Health System other than those named in the message header. The contents of this message do not bind the Catholic Health System to any contract, position, or course of action unless the sender is specifically authorized to enter into contracts on behalf of the Catholic Health System. The contents of this message do not necessarily constitute an official representation of the Catholic Health System.
