I think Mark misread the original post. Since this is an EDL emulating an IBM3584 library, then you don't have to update firmware on the drives, obviously. But you will want to make sure your CE has the latest software installed on the EDL.
Since you are emulating an IBM library, be sure to install the IBM drivers, either the IBMTape drivers for Windows, or Atape drivers for Unix, before you attach the tape drives and discover them. And if I can offer a bit of advice, use the "advanced tape creation" method on the EDL, and create your virtual tapes to be smaller than real 3592 tape drives. Real 3529 drives are 300GB, but on an VTL, you can get better tape utilization by making them smaller, 50-100GB in size. That way, you can reclaim them sooner and reuse the space sooner. And if you ever get into a situation where you need to recover a lot of filesystems or serves, you can get more restores going in parallel if they are on smaller tapes. Best Regards, John D. Schneider The Computer Coaching Community, LLC Office: (314) 635-5424 / Toll Free: (866) 796-9226 Cell: (314) 750-8721 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Configuring IBM 3584 library From: "Loy, Mark W" <[email protected]> Date: Fri, December 10, 2010 12:32 pm To: [email protected] Just a piece of advice, make sure that all of the firmware (both library and drives) are up to date. We've had a fair amount of issues with our 3584 with 3592-E05 drives that firmware fixed and we were only one or two versions behind the most recent. The same holds true, of course, with the drivers as well. --Mark -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martha McConaghy Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 1:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ADSM-L] Configuring IBM 3584 library I need a little quick help. I'm trying to connect our TSM 5.5 server to an EMC VTL. The EMC box is emulating an IBM 3584 library with IBM 3592 tape drives. I can't figure out how to define the library. Should it be SCSI? Anyone have any clue what options I should use? We've never used either before and I haven't had much luck searching the manuals for info on it. Martha McConaghy Marist IT
