The higher density cartridges are physically compatable with the two machines, But the data are recorded in an incompatable format. i.e. IBM cannot read STK and Vice-versa. I believe you will need more than on esoteric for this process.
Try SETSYS USERUNITTABLE <snip> Currently most of our HSM work is going to an IBM virtual tape system. We are in the process of migrating off of IBM and going to STK. To get a jump on this we decided we would add the STK Virtual Tape drives to the Esoteric that's currently used by for the IBM VTS. When we did this HSM had a problem. Below is the message. ARC0103I INVALID SETSYS PARAMETER INVALID USER UNIT 656 ARC0103I (CONT.) TABLE ENTRY, UNITNAME=VTAPE CONTAINS INCOMPATIBLE ARC0103I (CONT.) DEVICES ARC0103I INVALID SETSYS PARAMETER USER UNIT TABLE 657 ARC0103I (CONT.) CREATE FAILED,THERE ARE NO VALID USER UNIT TABLE ARC0103I (CONT.) ENTRIES </snip> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
