Comments on: I have a LTO 3 tape drive that does not read my LTO2 tapes is this normal? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/i-have-a-lto-3-tape-drive-that-does-not-read-my-lto2-tapes-is-this-normal/ Fri, 24 May 2013 01:03:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: tomliotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/i-have-a-lto-3-tape-drive-that-does-not-read-my-lto2-tapes-is-this-normal/#comment-80018 tomliotta Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:15:19 +0000 #comment-80018 I have a LTO 3 tape drive that does not read my LTO2 tapes…

What happens when you try? A message of some kind? How do you actually try?

I can read the LTO2 tapes in the LTO2 drive but not vice versa.

I assume that there’s a typo in that sentence someplace, but I’m not sure what it is, especially in light of the actual question. Is that intended to say “read the LTO3 tapes in the LTO2 drive”?

Tom

]]> By: mshen http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/i-have-a-lto-3-tape-drive-that-does-not-read-my-lto2-tapes-is-this-normal/#comment-79977 mshen Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:21:20 +0000 #comment-79977 Yes, LTO is downward compatible. It can read/write a generation down and only read two generations down. So LTO-3 will read/write to LTO-2 and will read LTO-1.

]]> By: michael morisy http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/i-have-a-lto-3-tape-drive-that-does-not-read-my-lto2-tapes-is-this-normal/#comment-79975 michael morisy Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:24:47 +0000 #comment-79975 Hi Englishguy, I removed your answer, since you just wanted to follow the question. Putting comments in the answer section reduces the chances you’ll get a good answer.

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