There is nothing special that you as a person have to do except make sure
your IBM people do it right.
1) You can open all the doors and just take the tapes out.
2) IBM will power down the library and deinstall/install it. Movers
move it.
3) Once IBM has reinstalled the library and aligned the track you are
set.
4) Open the doors and just put your tapes in them. They do not have to
go back where
they were.
5) Run an offline inventory (IBM will know how to do this if you do not).
6) You are ready once the inventory completes.
7) Don't forget to connect the server backup to the library (TCP/IP,
RS-232).
-----Original Message-----
From: Farren Minns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 4:39 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 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
