Migrating Lto Media - Dell PowerVault 136T LTO Handbook

7 Migrating LTO media

Known issues for media migration from one manufacturer to another have been fixed through drive
firmware. Regardless of what vendor or OEM product is being used to create media, always use the latest
available firmware for the drive. This will ensure optimal performance for migrating tape between different
drive vendors.
Note: Linear Tape-Open (LTO) technology is built on an open standard. Migrating media from one drive
manufacturer to another is fully supported.
Note: As of LTO-3 all LTO media is at least backward read compatible. (see table 4 for details)
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