This one also bit me a few months back. It turned out our hardware
environment was fine, but we had somehow (installation consultant) added a
"compression yes" command in all client options sets. (q cloptset) Thus, all
clients were compressing before sending data to the TSM server.
So, check this also. After adjusting, we have seen compression, in some
cases, approach 5:1 and usually exceed 3:1. We have 3590-E1A drives.
John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal
The Timken Company Global Software Support
P.O. Box 6927 Data Management
1835 Dueber Ave. S.W. Phone: (330)-471-3390
Canton, Ohio USA 44706-0927 Fax : (330)-471-4034
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-----Original Message-----
From: Miles Purdy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 1:09 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Magstar MP with ADSM on AIX
Looking in the "Magstar MP 3575 Tape Library Dataserver: Multiplatform
Implementation" Redbook, p.136, the hardware compression settings are
controlled from AIX. The default setting is compression "on". Page 146
indicates that format=3570C uses compression.
However it SHOULD be done, the fact remains that Nancy is not getting any
compression. Someone may have modified the device settings. By modifying the
device settings and changing ADSM to format=drive (this is not really
necessary, but useful for adding XLC cartridges), this should give her what
she wants.
Miles
>>> Richard Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 29-Nov-00 11:26:00 AM >>>
>we have the exact same hardware. Your problem is most likely because you =
>haven't enabled compression. I would recommend hardware compression. To =
>turn on the hardware compression:
>smitty devices
>tape devices
>Change / show characteristics of a tape drive
>select your drive
>select Use hardware compression on tape =3D yes
Wait a minute...TSM is supposed to set tape drive characteristics, among the
drives that it directly supports, per administrative specifications: it
should
not be necessary to forcibly alter drive characteristics with the product.
Doesn't the DEVclass FORMAT=3570C take care of this?
Richard Sims, BU
