update the device class . see help update devclass On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Keith Arbogast <[email protected]>wrote:
> We are buying some 3592-E06 drives to replace the 3592-E05 drives in our > 3584 tape libraries. The goal is to store more TB on the cartridges we > already have. The 3592-E06 drives can read the E05 format, but they will > write in E05 format too unless the tapes are re-formatted in the E06 format. > So, we are wondering how best to migrate the E05 formatted tapes to the E06 > format. > > When we add the E06 drives we will remove the E05 drives. > > Is this just a matter of; 1) reclaim the E05 tapes, 2) checkout the scratch > tapes returned from reclamation, 3) 'label libv overwrite=yes' the just > checked-out tapes. > > Or, is there a simpler, more efficient way to do this? Would new storage > pools help in the transition? > > With my thanks, > Keith Arbogast
