Sun Microsystems V890, V880 Maintaining tape drives, Tape drive compatibility, Ordering tapes

Maintenance

Maintaining tape drives

This section includes the following topics:

●Tape drive compatibility on page 124

●Ordering tapes on page 124

●Cleaning the tape drive on page 125

●Replacing the internal tape drive on page 126

●Adding and removing an external tape drive for data migration on page 129

Tape drive compatibility

The DDS-4 tape drive used with the V880 is not the same model used with the Sun Enterprise 3500. When replacing a DDS-4 tape drive in the V880, make sure you order the correct replacement.

Ordering tapes

Replacement backup data and tape drive cleaning cartridge tapes can be ordered from your local computer or office supply store. You cannot order tapes from Avaya. Depending on your tape drive model, order the following cartridge tapes:

Description	Tape drive
DAT 72 36/72-GB, 4mm, 170m	DAT 72
DDS-4 20/40-GB, 4mm, 150-155m	DDS-4 and DAT 72
DDS 4mm cleaning cartridge	DDS-4 and DAT 72

! Important:

If you are using the CMS High Availability feature and one of your systems uses a DDS-4 tape drive while the other uses a DAT 72 tape drive, you must use DDS-4 tape cartridges in both systems. Using the same size backup tapes allows you to do manual data restores on both systems, no matter which one may need the restore.

124 Avaya CMS Sun Fire V880/V890 Installation, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting May 2006