Re: 3584/lto2 code
I would also encourage folks to get 8.4.6.0 of Atape. The first entry in the "readme" says it all: 8.4.6.0 Fix excessice retry when configuring smc device for long boot problem Add mtlib utility for 3494 and SCSI Medium Changer Libraries We were seeing 30-minute boot times until we installed this version ! Jurjen Oskam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/26/2004 02:21 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject Re: 3584/lto2 code On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 07:53:16PM +0200, Uwe Schreiber wrote: > did you look at > > service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/358x/??? Did *you* look? 38D0 is the latest there, and he already has that version. Anyway, I also was on 38D0 and Atape 8.4.1.0. When one LTO2-FC drive had problems, it took down the AIX 5.2 machine it was attached to with it. It crashed hard, multiple times. Support told me that it was a problem with 38D0 in combination with Atape 8.4.1.0. Atape 8.4.1.5 was released to circumvent this, but the CE also placed 42D0 on the drives and 3484 on the library (a 3584). -- Jurjen Oskam "Avoid putting a paging file on a fault-tolerant drive, such as a mirrored volume or a RAID-5 volume. Paging files do not need fault-tolerance." - 308417
Re: 3584/lto2 code
On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 10:59:17PM +0200, Stef Coene wrote: > > It is a shame if IBM is no longer providing this microcode to the > > customer. If they are, then it is also a shame that the FTP site is so > > out-of-date. > Then use the website. Why don't you visit the homepage of your library: > http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/lto/3584.html > > There is a nice "Firmware" link and after 2 clicks you can download any > firmware you want for your library. And, yet again, the latest versions on that page are 38D0 and 3480. *The original poster already *has* those versions*. -- Jurjen Oskam "Avoid putting a paging file on a fault-tolerant drive, such as a mirrored volume or a RAID-5 volume. Paging files do not need fault-tolerance." - 308417
Re: 3584/lto2 code
Hot Diggety! Stef Coene was rumored to have written: > Then use the website. Why don't you visit the homepage of your library: > http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/lto/3584.html > > There is a nice "Firmware" link and after 2 clicks you can download any > firmware you want for your library. Yes, but the firmware there is relatively outdated, too. (At least, it is for LTO-1, and presumably also true of LTO-2 judging from the comments seen earlier in this thread.) We got newer firmware by asking our main IBM CE very nicely, so he fetched it off the latest of his firmware CDs (don't recall the name, but it's available only to CEs and other IBM service personnel). -Dan
Re: 3584/lto2 code
On Monday 26 April 2004 21:04, Steve Roder wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 07:53:16PM +0200, Uwe Schreiber wrote: > > > did you look at > > > > > > service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/358x/??? > > > > Did *you* look? 38D0 is the latest there, and he already has that > > version. > > ;-) > > > Anyway, I also was on 38D0 and Atape 8.4.1.0. When one LTO2-FC drive had > > problems, it took down the AIX 5.2 machine it was attached to with it. It > > crashed hard, multiple times. > > > > Support told me that it was a problem with 38D0 in combination with Atape > > 8.4.1.0. Atape 8.4.1.5 was released to circumvent this, but the CE also > > placed 42D0 on the drives and 3484 on the library (a 3584). > > I have Atape 8.3.6.0, running since 11/17/2003, and have not had those > kinds of problems. Just the running off the reel. > > It is a shame if IBM is no longer providing this microcode to the > customer. If they are, then it is also a shame that the FTP site is so > out-of-date. Then use the website. Why don't you visit the homepage of your library: http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/lto/3584.html There is a nice "Firmware" link and after 2 clicks you can download any firmware you want for your library. Stef -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Using Linux as bandwidth manager" http://www.docum.org/
Re: 3584/lto2 code
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 07:53:16PM +0200, Uwe Schreiber wrote: > > > did you look at > > > > service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/358x/??? > > Did *you* look? 38D0 is the latest there, and he already has that version. ;-) > Anyway, I also was on 38D0 and Atape 8.4.1.0. When one LTO2-FC drive had > problems, it took down the AIX 5.2 machine it was attached to with it. It > crashed hard, multiple times. > > Support told me that it was a problem with 38D0 in combination with Atape > 8.4.1.0. Atape 8.4.1.5 was released to circumvent this, but the CE also > placed 42D0 on the drives and 3484 on the library (a 3584). I have Atape 8.3.6.0, running since 11/17/2003, and have not had those kinds of problems. Just the running off the reel. It is a shame if IBM is no longer providing this microcode to the customer. If they are, then it is also a shame that the FTP site is so out-of-date. Thanks for your reply Jurjen. Steve Roder University at Buffalo ([EMAIL PROTECTED] | (716)645-3564)
Re: 3584/lto2 code
On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 07:53:16PM +0200, Uwe Schreiber wrote: > did you look at > > service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/358x/??? Did *you* look? 38D0 is the latest there, and he already has that version. Anyway, I also was on 38D0 and Atape 8.4.1.0. When one LTO2-FC drive had problems, it took down the AIX 5.2 machine it was attached to with it. It crashed hard, multiple times. Support told me that it was a problem with 38D0 in combination with Atape 8.4.1.0. Atape 8.4.1.5 was released to circumvent this, but the CE also placed 42D0 on the drives and 3484 on the library (a 3584). -- Jurjen Oskam "Avoid putting a paging file on a fault-tolerant drive, such as a mirrored volume or a RAID-5 volume. Paging files do not need fault-tolerance." - 308417
Re: 3584/lto2 code
did you look at service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/358x/??? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 26.04.2004 19:13 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject 3584/lto2 code Hi All, Anyone know where IBM is stashing the latest library and drive code? I have 38D0 on my LTO2 drives, and it has a nasty bug fixed in 3AP0 where the tape runs off the take-up reel, and the fix is to replace the drive! Thanks, Steve Roder University at Buffalo ([EMAIL PROTECTED] | (716)645-3564)
3584/lto2 code
Hi All, Anyone know where IBM is stashing the latest library and drive code? I have 38D0 on my LTO2 drives, and it has a nasty bug fixed in 3AP0 where the tape runs off the take-up reel, and the fix is to replace the drive! Thanks, Steve Roder University at Buffalo ([EMAIL PROTECTED] | (716)645-3564)
