On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 10:12:39AM -0500, Steve Gentry wrote: > The 3494 has a library manager. It can be communicated with by at least 3 > different ways, RS232, Ethernet, or ESCON/FICON. > What is the normal or most accepted method of communicating with the > Library Manager?
For VM and z/OS, I don't think anything but channel-attached is supported. (If that's changed, terrific -- it's been a while since I set one of these beasties up.) The other two methods are intended for use with Unix or Windows, and if you use them, you need to configure them in the library manager (esp the TCPIP method -- you need to give it an IP address, etc). There's a setup document that comes with the feature code that explains what the CE has to do to enable them. > The equip we're moving too is, again a z800 mdl 001, 3494 tape library, > and DS8100. The 3494, I think, has 2 FICON's running to > it, the DS8100 has 4 FICON's running to it. The restore time for a full > pack 3390 mdl-3 is a little over 2 minutes. OO-Rah! I'm impressed! Funny thing about how a order of magnitude transmission speed increase will do that...8-)
