Answer 1 - Before transport, physically remove all the tapes by opening the doors. After installment, just put the tapes in the slots and perform a full inventory. No checkin will be required.
Answer 2 - I certainly hope your IBM CE will perform the move. The CE should also put the lib in place at your new location. The CE will also powerdown the lib. But if you would really wan't to to it yourself, use the powerdown option at the library console. After a full powerdown, wich can take up to 30 minutes, flip the powerswitches in the lib manager frame, not the appealing red switch at the front. I would not like to move a 3494 lib myself!!!!!! Ilja G. Coolen _____ ABP / USZO CIS / BS / TB / Storage Management Telefoon : +31(0)45 579 7938 Fax : +31(0)45 579 3990 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Intranet : Storage Web <http://intranet/cis_bstb/html_content/sm/index_sm.htm> _____ - Everybody has a photographic memory, some just don't have film. - -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Farren Minns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: vrijdag 15 februari 2002 10:39 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Turning off a 3494 library Hi TSMers We are soon to be relocating to new premises and will need to move our 3494 tape library containing two 3590 tape drives. My questions are regarding the safest way to do this. Question 1 - What is the best way to remove the tapes for the physical move of the library. Do they all need to be checked out and checked back in again at the new site via TSM, or can the library just be paused and the tapes physically removed and replaced when the library is in position at the new site. Also, if the tapes can just be physically moved, does it matter in what order they are put back into the holding racks within the library. Question 2 - What is the procedure for powering off and on of the library. Does the lib need to be put into a certain mode before the power is turned off etc. Thanks ever so much for any help All the best Farren Minns - Trainee Solaris System Admin - John Wiley & Sons
