Is there a software patch that will allow me to use a Sun-brand DLT4000 external SCSI-2 tape drive with a Netapp? I plugged one in, and the Netapp complained that "SUN DLT4000" wasn't a supported drive. Aren't these just Quantum mechanisms inside, but with Sun's name in the vendor string? I'd really rather not have to go out and buy all new drives...
We spent a lot of time with netapp on this problem. The netapp expects a very specific string, I think it's "QUANTUM DLT4000" and will bitch if it doesn't see it, even if the drive is an oemed Quantum. We ended up finding a program, Dlttools.zip, that let's you change the name of the label on the SCSI drive, and the netapp was happy. The instructions used to be at www.quantum.com/support/dltapp/qt00004_.htm but they're not there anymore. I sent a copy of Dlttools.zip to netapp support, so they should have it, if you can't find it elsewhere.
Dror
On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Brian Tao wrote:
Is there a software patch that will allow me to use a Sun-brandDLT4000 external SCSI-2 tape drive with a Netapp? I plugged one in, and the Netapp complained that "SUN DLT4000" wasn't a supported drive. Aren't these just Quantum mechanisms inside, but with Sun's name in the vendor string? I'd really rather not have to go out and buy all new drives... -- Brian Tao (BT300, taob@netcom.ca) "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"
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On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Dror Matalon wrote:
The netapp expects a very specific string, I think it's "QUANTUM DLT4000" and will bitch if it doesn't see it, even if the drive is an oemed Quantum.
There ought to be an option to skip the check, along with promised of dire consequences if you don't heed the warning. ;-)
We ended up finding a program, Dlttools.zip, that let's you change the name of the label on the SCSI drive, and the netapp was happy.
It's soft-configurable? I thought it would have been something burned into the ROM's. I'll hunt around for a bit to see if I can find it. Since it's a ZIP file, I assume this is a DOS or Windows utility?
On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Dror Matalon wrote:
The instructions used to be at > www.quantum.com/support/dltapp/qt00004_.htm but they're not there anymore. I sent a copy of Dlttools.zip to netapp support, so they should have it, if you can't find it elsewhere.
A quick trip through Dejanews turned up the relevant info. The utility and documentation are at:
ftp://ftp.quantum.com/Utilities/DLT_Tools_4_8.exe http://support.quantum.com/appnotes/qt00004_.htm
It looks like there is enough information there that someone with a good knowledge of SCSI mode pages and an appropriate utility (like FreeBSD's scsi(8) command) should be able to modify the vendor ID from a UNIX box.
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