Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-05-01 Thread Karel Bos
Onderwerp: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 On 30 apr. 2013, at 19:33, Zoltan Forray zfor...@vcu.edu wrote: Sounds like something from the 3-Stooges ;-) No HA here - could barely afford the upgrade. Besides, I though library firmware was IBM's responsibility? My drives

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-30 Thread Zoltan Forray
would be the same for them, or, unique. Rick From: Prather, Wanda wanda.prat...@icfi.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/25/2013 01:04 PM Subject:Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU I have

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-30 Thread Prather, Wanda
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 One more question about this. The book isn't very clear about whether a separate fibre cable is needed between the library and our SAN switch for communications. From the book: *The host server attaches

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-30 Thread Zoltan Forray
Of Zoltan Forray Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:04 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 One more question about this. The book isn't very clear about whether a separate fibre cable is needed between the library and our SAN switch

Re: Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-30 Thread David Bronder
] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 One more question about this. The book isn't very clear about whether a separate fibre cable is needed between the library and our SAN switch for communications. From the book: *The host server attaches to the library by using fiber cables

Re: Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-30 Thread Zoltan Forray
@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 One more question about this. The book isn't very clear about whether a separate fibre cable is needed between the library and our SAN switch for communications. From the book: *The host server attaches

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-30 Thread Richard Rhodes
That is what I understood from previous emails but wanted to make sure but someone here keeps insisting there should be another cable just for the library. Our libraries have one fiber cable per tape drive, and two lan cables. The lan cables are for the specialist web interface. One lan

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-30 Thread Richard Rhodes
Thanks for the details. So, there really isn't that big of a difference from the 3494 to the 3584 other than the lack of an internal PC/LM and a redesigned, mostly plastic picker/gripper mechanism. The first time you stand at one end and watch the robot come toward you, you will probably

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-30 Thread Zoltan Forray
Thanks for the response. The library hasn't arrived (scheduled for 05/15) so I don't have access to any books other than what is on the web. Yes I have scoured the I P Guide. I had heard numbers like ~60-seconds to scan/inventory a frame? On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Richard Rhodes

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-30 Thread Prather, Wanda
Oh yeah!! Everybody has that reaction. It's zippy. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Rhodes Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 11:57 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-30 Thread Zoltan Forray
Of Richard Rhodes Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 11:57 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 Thanks for the details. So, there really isn't that big of a difference from the 3494 to the 3584 other than the lack of an internal PC/LM

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-30 Thread Remco Post
@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Rhodes Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 11:57 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 Thanks for the details. So, there really isn't that big of a difference from the 3494 to the 3584 other than the lack

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-30 Thread Zoltan Forray
[mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Rhodes Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 11:57 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 Thanks for the details. So, there really isn't that big of a difference from the 3494

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-30 Thread Remco Post
Rhodes Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 11:57 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 Thanks for the details. So, there really isn't that big of a difference from the 3494 to the 3584 other than the lack of an internal PC/LM

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-30 Thread Richard Rhodes
be sure to get the latest firmware... in a HA lib the accessors might collide at full speed when accessing the cap with older versions of the firmware. Yes, that'll give carnage in your lib, pieces of accessors and grippers flying around. That's a good catch! Make sure IBM installs the

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-30 Thread Richard Rhodes
No HA here - could barely afford the upgrade. Besides, I though library firmware was IBM's responsibility? My drives are fairly current and will upgrade to the latest, just to be sure. You can upgrade the library and drive firmware yourself. For the library, you download the file from IBM

Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-26 Thread Stout, Susie (NIH/CIT) [E]
Slight tangent, Wanda's volume location comment spurred this: We upgraded our SCSI 3584 offsite lib to ALMS, no problems...but the onsite ALMS install went horribly wrong...(maint windows are rare, we did several things). Afterwards the lib couldn't reliably find a particular tape with both

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-26 Thread Richard Rhodes
: Stout, Susie (NIH/CIT) [E] sto...@mail.nih.gov To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/26/2013 10:00 AM Subject:Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 Sent by:ADSM: Dist Stor Manager ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Slight tangent, Wanda's volume location comment spurred this: We

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-25 Thread Zoltan Forray
to that. W -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 2:39 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 Thanks for all the responses - it has

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-25 Thread Nick Marouf
to that. W -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 2:39 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 Thanks for all the responses

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-25 Thread Ben Bullock
Ya, I had to look it up too/ ;-) -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Dave Canan Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 9:00 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 And now I've

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-25 Thread Prather, Wanda
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 Again thank you for this additional useful piece of information. But now this brings up another issue/question. If I am limited to no more than 255 unassigned tapes, how do I do a mass/bulk checkin

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-25 Thread Richard Rhodes
] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 4:37 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 Again thank you for this additional useful piece of information. But now this brings up another issue/question. If I am limited to no more than

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-25 Thread Prather, Wanda
] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 The virtual I/O slots can be very confusing. One time we filled our library up due to needing as many tape as possible. Every slot was full with either a real tape or cleaning cartridge. Later we tried to eject a tape that was bad. The checkout cmd

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-25 Thread Richard Rhodes
have more than one virt lib if the element numbers would be the same for them, or, unique. Rick From: Prather, Wanda wanda.prat...@icfi.com To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/25/2013 01:04 PM Subject:Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 Sent by:ADSM: Dist

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-24 Thread Arbogast, Warren K
Zoltan, The Web Specialist can be used with an https interface, and a physical console to the 3584 is available. I have little experience with the physical console, but you could determine whether it has the features and suits your needs better than the Web Specialist. Wanda just wrote the Red

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-24 Thread Zoltan Forray
Thanks for all the responses - it has been immensely educational and I have much less trepidation about the upcoming unload-pull-out-3494-push-in-reload-3584 weekend. I am going to miss my 3494 - been using it since 1995! I agree that Wanda has some of the best documentation/experiences with TSM,

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 - drive sharing

2013-04-24 Thread Steven Harris
Hi Zoltan You can share drives between your logical libraries in the TS3500 when you have ALMS. Doing this might give you more flexibility in your drive assignments. I am doing a similar 3494 to TS3500 migration at the moment. The person who sized the TS3500 did it by TB and not by slots so I

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-24 Thread Prather, Wanda
PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 Thanks for all the responses - it has been immensely educational and I have much less trepidation about the upcoming unload-pull-out-3494-push-in-reload-3584 weekend. I am going to miss my 3494 - been

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-24 Thread Dave Canan
And now I've learned what BTDTGTTS stands for. My education for the day. Thanks Wanda. Dave Canan From: Prather, Wanda Sent: 4/24/2013 7:35 PM To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 Thank you both for the kind words; I think it's just a matter

Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-23 Thread Zoltan Forray
As you are aware from previous posts, we are replacing our 3494 with a TS3500/3584. I am trying wrap my mind around the proper way to configure the TS3500 so it functions the same way our 3494 does. If changing our current configuration makes things easier for the transition, now would be the

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-23 Thread Prather, Wanda
: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 10:28 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 As you are aware from previous posts, we are replacing our 3494 with a TS3500/3584. I am trying wrap my mind around the proper way to configure the TS3500 so it functions

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-23 Thread Zoltan Forray
the drives, or do you use it as if it is 2 separate physical libraries? Wanda -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 10:28 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-23 Thread Richard Rhodes
We have 2-TSM servers acting at Library Managers/Owner, thus each LM has its own 3494 category codes, each owns n-3592 drives, etc. This was done for redundancy, fail-over, etc. We have tape drives spinning most of the time so having all library functionality and drives attached to only 1-TSM

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-23 Thread Zoltan Forray
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Richard Rhodes rrho...@firstenergycorp.com wrote: What are you trying to protect against? Library Manager server/outage - We have massive backups that overflow our disk storage pools, all the time. Plus we have to perform Linux kernel patching/maintenance

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-23 Thread Zoltan Forray
When we've have major library problems where an entire library is down, and we've had several of these, we have scrambled to add disk space to the staging disk pools to keep backups running. I don't have this luxury. 5 of my 7 production servers do not have any external/SAN disk - only what the

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-23 Thread Prather, Wanda
: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 12:50 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 2-libraries with fixed drives. One library has 9 drives the other one has 8. - Zoltan Forray TSM Software Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-23 Thread Zoltan Forray
Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 12:50 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 2-libraries with fixed drives. One library has 9 drives the other one has 8. - Zoltan

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-23 Thread Prather, Wanda
:42 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 As always, thanks Wanda. That clears up / confirms a lot of what I was thinking. Don't know about the I/O path failover for these SAN paths - need to ask my OS guy. Having to do everything from

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-23 Thread Ehresman,David E.
I've meant to ask - how does the library appear to the TSM server OS? Is it /dev/smc0,1,2,etc or /dev/IBMchanger0,1,2,etc? As /dev/smcX to AIX; as /dev/IBMchangerX to linux. David

Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

2013-04-23 Thread Richard Rhodes
How is TSM setup to use virtual drives - my current understanding is that Drives are defined to a Library and Paths connect the Library and Drives to a TSM server. The Library Manager (drive owner) server delegates the drives it owns/manages to a TSM server that needs it. So, how would a