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  • 1.  LTO9 overheat?

    Posted 01/23/24 12:07 PM

    Hello, I purchased an LTO9 LTO8 in a TS4300, when I use the LTO8 everything is normal, when I use the LTO9 the media and the drive heat up, and it only keeps rewinding the cartridge for a long time, the TS4300 sends an overheating message. What could be what is happening? Is it normal on LTO9?



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    Miguel Peralta
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  • 2.  RE: LTO9 overheat?

    Posted 01/24/24 03:18 AM

    LTO9 Media needs to be initialized at the very first usage. Initialization starts automatically if a new LTO9 cartridges is load in a LTO9 drive. You can manually start this initializaition via ITDT.



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    Josef Weingand
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  • 3.  RE: LTO9 overheat?

    Posted 01/24/24 10:29 AM

    Here is a link that explains the media optimization that Josef described. 

    https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ts4500-tape-library?topic=performance-media-optimization



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    Kevin Butt
    IBM, Tape Development Ecosystem
    Tape SCSI Architect, T10 Representative
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