Problem with IBM 8mm tape

Peter van Leeuwen (PvLeeu @RHZuid-West.nl) wrote:
: >
: > I can report the same problems with IBMs 8mm Tape. Now we have a new
: > Exabyte 5GB and it works fine. What I can tell you is, that in some
: > cases you can read the tapes again on another day or in another tape
: > drive, although you haven't see any datas some time before.
: >

: When the 7208-012 in our AS/400 died (is the same unit as the 7208-11 in
: our RS/6000), the IBM technician told me the the IBM 7208 units are
: manufactured by ...... Exabyte!
: I don't know if he tells the truth, but is someone should know...

Yes, the 8mm tapes drives that IBM uses are made by Exabyte. You can even
get a software download for the drive, to change to Eprom to a bootable
tape drive. Just call tech support and ask them about that.

Also, FYI, the 128port controller, and RANS are made by Digiboard.

Mark

From somewhere in cyberspace, mje @solaria.sol.net (Mark Jenks) said:

Would that be Exabyte tech support or IBM tech support?

Thanks...
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When the 7208-012 in our AS/400 died (is the same unit as the 7208-11 in
our RS/6000), the IBM technician told me the the IBM 7208 units are
manufactured by ...... Exabyte!
I don't know if he tells the truth, but is someone should know...

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Hi,

In article <01bbca42$b6198a40$9e295 @IBM.ibm.net>, "Jos?? Enrique Cebamanos"

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try out the <backup> and <restore> commands and set the block size to
1024 (it saves backup time). We have the same tape drive and the above
works for us without any problems. Hope this helps.

Greetings, Lothar
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I can report the same problems with IBMs 8mm Tape. Now we have a new
Exabyte 5GB and it works fine. What I can tell you is, that in some
cases you can read the tapes again on another day or in another tape
drive, although you haven't see any datas some time before.

TC

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I do not have any experiences with the problems you mention. I only can
advise you to try the AIX backup command. The performance is a lot
better than cpio or other stuff. Average backup-speed of 1MB/sec is
possible.

Success,
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Peter van Leeuwen       (PvLeeu @rhzuid-west.nl)
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