Tape Library

A fellow reddit user wrote this cool post about license cracking on the Scalar i40. 

The old saying about a station wagon full of tape remains true!

The new "service" licenses used in Quantum's new 794Q.GS00300 firmware is a 40 char long mix of upper case letters and numbers. Now the `LCMTstLicense` utility will normally check a license for any serial. For Dxi licenses like the service license you'll need to change `/etc/serialnum` first.

They're in da house!

In a home no less ;)

Updated Plans!

First up, the door install is set for Tuesday, February 11th. Once the door is in two of the libraries (the two working ones) will come inside. I'll probably end up using movers to handle getting the boxes, shelving, tool boxes, and other stuff out to the garage. Although I'm not sure yet if I'll try to get the libraries inside before, during, or after the movers come. 

First it's a single drive, then a small 16-slot library. Then you get into the TS3200 territory. Before you know it you have three Scalar i6000s...

Next up in the z uber move...Getting the tape libraries from the garage to the server room. This will require installing a much larger door (two doors really), building a ramp, and moving a metric ton of boxes of gear/cables/parts/etc.

The i2000 & i6000

Around December 2018 I purchased a used Scalar i2000 and a few weeks later a used Scalar i6000 gen1. Both are from Quantum. Although ADIC made the previous revisions. IIRC there is a third vendor that also sold them under their name. 

The LTO-6 drive in my i6000 is now working!