Ah. 2-legged robots will work OK too. If there isn't a cartridge assignment map, when the operators (who are paying attention!) put the cartridges in the I/O door, they use the library panel (or the web interface) to tell it which logical lib to assign that batch of cartridges to, then you run a TSM checkin as usual.
The exact sequence varies depending on whether you have "virtual" I/O slots enabled with ALMS, but it's documented in the Operator's guide. So you should get the same resulting function as with your 3494. W -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 5:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape library possible replacement - push/pull Operators paying attention when loading them ;-) Using category codes there are 2-library manager servers. Since only one LM is used for offsite, 99.9% of tapes bring checked in are handled by it with bulk check-in. ------------- Zoltan Forray TSM Software & Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services [email protected] - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html On Jan 26, 2013 5:18 PM, "Prather, Wanda" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>Carts get assigned to the logical libraries based on a volser range > filter in the library interface. > > No, that's not an absolute restriction, it's just a convenience. It > allows the case where operators throw scratch tapes into the physical > I/O door and the library itself can shift them to the virtual I/O door > of the TSM library you want them checked in to, assuming the library > is partitioned into multiple logical libraries. > > How do you get the 3494 library "divided" now so that scratch tapes > get the category code of the appropriate library? > Or have you implemented 1 library with TSM library sharing, or what? > > 'Splain, and we'll help you figgur it out.... > > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Prather, Wanda > <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Yep, pretty much that simple. > > > > Check the tapes out of one library, check them into another. > > No more complicated than if you are going to a DR site that has a > > 3584 rather than a 3494. > > TSM doesn't care. > > > > There are some differences in the library management: > > > > If you are talking to the 3494 library interface via TCP/IP now, > > that changes. (Some people use the TCP/IP interface, some use a > > serial > > cable.) TSM talks to the 3584 library via the atape drive over the > > fibre, it has its own device number/path. > > > > Thomas already mentioned that the 3584 can be partitioned into > > logical libraries. > > If you have multiple TSM servers or other apps using the 3494, you > > keep them separated now by 3494 category codes, those go away. > > You have the logical libraries now instead. Carts get assigned to > > the logical libraries based on a volser range filter in the library > interface. > > > > W > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Zoltan Forray > > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 2:08 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [ADSM-L] Tape library possible replacement - push/pull > > > > We are starting to examine the idea of replacing our aging 3494 > > (installed > > 1995) due to difficulty in getting parts and having more frequent > > outages due to robot issues. > > > > Since we have 17-TS1130 drives, the natural transition would be to a > > TS3500/3584. > > > > If we go down this route, one issue might be the > > floorspace/placement, which might require a weekend eject-push-pull-reload. > > > > Never having dealt with any tape library other than the 3494, I am > > trying to collect as much info as I can on doing a swap-out. > > > > Is it as simple as defining the new library, moving the drives/paths > > to it, changing the devclass to point to the new library, checkin > > everything (scratch/private)?? Am I missing anything? > > > > -- > > *Zoltan Forray* > > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth > > University UCC/Office of Technology Services [email protected] - > > 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable > > organizations will never use email to request that you reply with > > your password, social security number or confidential personal > > information. For more details visit > > http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html > > > > > > -- > *Zoltan Forray* > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator > Virginia Commonwealth University > UCC/Office of Technology Services > [email protected] - 804-828-4807 > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations > will never use email to request that you reply with your password, > social security number or confidential personal information. For more > details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html >
