I'm still conducting some preliminaries before upgrading our TSM to v5.2.2, just making sure I have all bases covered to stop any nasty surprises on day of upgrade, seeing as I have two servers that have to be upgraded together.
I was just reading through the 5.2.2 release notes and came across the below sections and got me wondering about my own Dell PV136T and PV128T libraries. Our libraries run re-badged HP Ultrium 1 drives from Dell, I can't find any information though whether or not I need to install the IBM device driver before the new TSM. Anyone else using Dell libraries with TSM 5.2.2? I think the PV136T is just a rebadged IBM 3583 library, not sure about the PV128T though. I assume when they mean IBM device driver they are not talking about the TSM device driver? Any helpful hints would be appreciated. I'll check with Dell to see if they have any information but their information is a bit dated sometimes. Windows Media Labeling Wizard ----------------------------- The Media Labeling wizard of the TSM Management Console for Windows does not support the labeling of tapes in non-IBM LTO devices. The TSM LABEL LIBVOLUME command should be used to label tapes in such devices. Minimum Level for Device Drivers -------------------------------- Customers who own IBM 3570, 3590, or Ultrium tape libraries and/or drives: The minimum level IBM device driver must be installed BEFORE installing TSM 5.2. See the section of this readme entitled IBM Devices 3570, 3590, and Ultrium: Required Minimum Level for Device Drivers Gordon Woodward Wintel Server Support -- This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden.
