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(9929) StorageWorks DLT Media Compatibility?
Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 8:26 am
by User
Hi, I would like to know how to initialize an DLT IV tape in SDLT320 drive ? I always get "%INIT-F-WRITLCK, write lock error" error message even when I changed the density to TK89 (the tape is not write locked). This tape was initialized in TZ89 drive before.
Re: (9929) StorageWorks DLT Media Compatibility?
Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 8:26 am
by Wizard
Do ensure the SDLT is documented as permitting write access to the DLT-IV media -- as is hopefully stated in the Wizard introduction, the OpenVMS Wizard is not a hardware nor StorageWorks Wizard, and does not particularly follow (or even know) details of device support. Please contact your local hardware support organization or the HP StorageWorks website for assistance with StorageWorks products and product compatibility.
If the medium is SDLT and is listed as write-compatible with the SDLT drive, you may have to degauss the media, as it would appear that the medium is initialized at a density that is not supported by the particular drive or is otherwise corrupted -- of course, if the cartridge medium is not write-compatible with the particular SDLT drive in use, you will have to locate and select compatible cartridge media.
Related topics include (
8417) here in Ask The Wizard, and various HP support database articles; the former indicates SDLT devices cannot initialize DLT media.