Copying data from non-ait tapes to ait tapes – Spectra Logic 10000 User Manual
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Chapter 5. Operating the Library
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Copying Data From Non-AIT Tapes to AIT Tapes
The media compatibility engine (MCE) allows you to copy data from one non-AIT data
tape to an AIT tape. From the main menu screen, touch MCE to access the MCE utility.
Note:
The scope of the MCE utility is limited; use it only if no other
automated solution is available. The MCE is a raw copy utility that
only transfers the data from one tape to another; no other data
formatting is done. Not all source formats have been tested for
compatibility with the MCE utility.
The destination drive is one of the Sony AIT drives in the library. The source drive may
be an external stand-alone unit or it can be a drive in some other library. Generally,
any sequential access device on the SCSI bus can be the source.
Note:
If you have data on tapes created in an Exabyte 8505 tape drive,
you can install an Exabyte 8505 tape drive in the library. This
makes the process easier.
Contact Spectra Logic Technical Support for information about the
Exabyte drive installation procedure.
Before continuing with an MCE data transfer, note the following:
• You must manually start each data transfer.
• If an Exabyte 8505 drive is installed in the library, and you are using this drive as
the source drive, the source tape must originate in the library door.
• Transfers can only happen on a one-tape-to-one-tape basis. You cannot piggyback
multiple source tapes onto the AIT destination tape even if significant space is
available on the destination tape after a transfer is completed.
• The data transfer will continue until either the source or destination tape ends, or
until no more data is found on the source tape.
Caution:
If more data is on the source tape than will fit on the Sony tape,
the extra data on the source tape will not be copied.
• Data transfer rate is estimated at 500 MB per hour.
• The block size on the source tape must be 64 KB or less.
• File marks are copied as is to the destination tape; the data is not reformatted
during the transfer.