Gang,
Well, with any luck this will rile up the works!
This is whacked.
The use of TSM Libraries through RSM will cause you to seriously rethink the
way you manipulate media. As there is no longer checkin/checkout/label
libvol, those operational procedures must be changed. You must use RSM to
perform these steps. Checking in tapes appears to require the opening of
the library and the insertion of a tape into the library rather than using
the Bulk Port. Opening a library that has a bulk port would seem silly.
Overall this strategy appears flawed in its initial release.
I would not recommend to anyone that they try to run this configuration.
>From our days worth of fooling with it the learning curve is too steep.
Tape manipulation is already complicated enough within TSM and this makes it
more so.
Our recommendation essentially suggests that the purchase of IBM 35xx
libraries for use with TSM on Windows 2000 is a mistake. I can't imagine
that anyone within IBM or Tivoli wants this. From all appearances these
libraries seem to be very nice units indeed. Not with TSM and Windows 2000
though. That's a conundrum.
What we need to know from Tivoli is the following:
1. Is the use of RSM on Windows 2000 an interim step leading to the use of
ADSMSCSI, or is this the way it's going to be?
2. Will other libraries receive the same treatment? I.e., is this the wave
of the future?
3. Has anyone within Tivoli tested this stuff and is there some
documentation which might simplify this? I've seen list entries as far back
as October. I haven't seen anyone from Tivoli weigh in on this. I'm sure
some guys in Tucson or San Jose have fooled with this. How about giving us
some guidance?
In the meantime if any of you are considering going down this path, STOP. I
don't think you're going to like where it takes you.
Kelly J. Lipp
Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
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Colorado Springs CO 80949-1313
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