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The Question is:
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 bef
ore.
The Answer is :
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.
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