This is an OS support and boot issue. HP has been slow to support open SAN. This ability has only been available on AIX for a little while.
Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Northrop Grumman Information Technology 757-688-8180 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 9:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3590 Partitioning Is it even possible to boot from a fibre-attached tape drive? At DR tests with a HPUX servers, it wasn't possible to use the Ignite tape in fibre-attached tape drive. A SCSI-attached drive was required to boot from. Kurt >-----Original Message----- >From: Steve Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 6:39 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: 3590 Partitioning > > >HI All, > >This is a 3590 question rather than TSM as such, but this is the best >forum for it. > > >I need to take system images of several AIX boxes each week to SAN >Attached 3590E drives in my 3494. It seems like overkill to devote a >whole 3590 tape to each image as they will only be a few gig each. > >I stumbled across some doc which implies that a 3590 tape can be >partitioned into smaller segments which can then be used independently. >(see items 36 and 38 on the tapeutil menu). However, this is old doc, >and I assume the feature is from the early days of 3590 when 10GB was >an enormous amount of storage. > >Has anyone used this partitioning feature? in what circumstances? Are >there any gotchas? > >Thanks > >Steve Harris >AIX and TSM Admin >Queensland Health, Brisbane Australia. > > > > >********************************************************************** >This e-mail, including any attachments sent with it, is confidential >and for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). This confidentiality >is not waived or lost if you receive it and you are not the intended >recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/ received in error. > >Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution or review of >this e-mail is prohibited. It may be subject to a statutory duty of >confidentiality if it relates to health service matters. > >If you are not the intended recipient(s), or if you have received this >e-mail in error, you are asked to immediately notify the sender by >telephone or by return e-mail. You should also delete this e-mail >message and destroy any hard copies produced. >********************************************************************** >
