10-06-2014 06:41 PM
Hi,
Yes I know I'm lazy haven't RTFM...
I got a Sun SL48 SCSI library with 2 drives (LTO3) but need one LTO4 as well.
Is it possible to have one LTO3 and one LTO4 in the same library?
Is there functionality in NBU determine 3 or 4?
Will my SL48 handle 2 different types?
My guess is that I would be able to, just wanna check the possibility before i dig into RTFM.
- Roland
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10-06-2014 08:10 PM
The RTFM will be STK/SUN/Oracle documentation to find out if this robot can take different drive types.
The (bigger) STK robots that I have worked with in the past all did.
When a new robot is added to the robot, the drive then needs to be visibile to the OS.
NBU sends SCSI-command query via the OS to the drive, and the drive firmware then reponds back, telling the OS and NBU what the drive type is - LTO3/LTO4, firmware level, serial no, etc.
So, no big deal. The drive itself is telling NBU.
If you search this forum for users' examples of 'scan' and 'tpautoconf -t' output, you will see.
10-06-2014 08:10 PM
The RTFM will be STK/SUN/Oracle documentation to find out if this robot can take different drive types.
The (bigger) STK robots that I have worked with in the past all did.
When a new robot is added to the robot, the drive then needs to be visibile to the OS.
NBU sends SCSI-command query via the OS to the drive, and the drive firmware then reponds back, telling the OS and NBU what the drive type is - LTO3/LTO4, firmware level, serial no, etc.
So, no big deal. The drive itself is telling NBU.
If you search this forum for users' examples of 'scan' and 'tpautoconf -t' output, you will see.
10-07-2014 01:18 PM
Thanks Marianne,
Got confirmation that SL48 will support both drives.
So I just have to get started configuring.
- Roland