Mike,
We are running on Windows NT so we're stuck with RSM. That was a level of
abstraction that I didn't need!
We are, however, running this library through a SAN Data Gateway. Latest
word is that the testing that has been completed was done using a different
SDG than the one at the customer site. They're trying to decide what to do:
make the one the customer has work or get them the other one.
This system is pretty strange. We are able to control the library and
apparently label tapes, but no label is actually being written on the tape.
The PMR number is 05100 so you can check out what has happened so far.
We're working with an excellent Level 2 guy whom you undoubtedly know: Chet
Tuttle.
It works when directly connected via SCSI, but won't work through the fiber.
I'm sure we'll get it, but it has taken way too long to make this work.
Is SAN ready? I think not.
The saga continues and thanks for your help.
Kelly
Kelly J. Lipp
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-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Mike Collins
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 9:24 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: IBM 35xx Libraries, Windows 2000 and TSM - Observations
Hi Kelly,
The folks working in that area tell me that 8 character labels are
supported w/ LTO. Label libvol doesn't work with RSM though so it's not
clear if you're still talking about a Windows environment. It's suggested
that you open up a problem report if you're still not able to get things
working.
Kelly Lipp writes:
> Excellent! Let the tape boys so the drive drivers, but let you TSM guys
do
> the library. Leaving it to Microsoft is a real bad idea!
>
> While we're on this topic:
>
> I'm having trouble getting tapes to label properly in a 3584. The
barcodes
> on the tapes (provided with the IBM tapes) have eight characters. label
> libvol appears to label them correctly, but when attempts are made to
use
> the tapes we're getting an I/O error reading the labels. Are we limited
to
> six characters? If so, why do the LTO specified labels have eight
> characters (six useful ones with the last two being L1)? Any ideas how
to
> work around this short of using a magic marker to wipe out the L1?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kelly
>
Best Regards,
Mike Collins
Tivoli Storage Manager Development
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