Yes, I see what you are referring to...but if you click on the "IBM Magstar 3590H" link, it takes you (after submitting your support login) to:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/entdocview.wss?rs=663&uid=swg21054290 And here the title of the doc is "What are the device driver changes and updates in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.1.1?". And as I indicated, although it is not supported on the no-longer-supported 4.2 releases, I can state that it works, as I have two customers that have been running with them (fibre 3590H's on AIX 4.3.3) for some time now (many months). I guess that you'll have to weigh whether you're willing to run in an officially unsupported configuration. My recommendation would be to jump up the 5.X releases. -Lloyd On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 10:41:05 +0100 Farren Minns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote thusly: > Looking on the IBM site, it says that the H1A drives are supported for > both 4.2.2 and 5.1.1 levels of TSM. I'm starting to get confused. > > Device Capacity AIX > HPUX SUN WIN > |---------------------------------------------------------------------- > |----| > | IBM Magstar 3590 > | | > | B11/B1A 10GB > | | > | Base > | | > | IBM Magstar 3590 E11/E1A > | | > | 20GB Base > | | > | IBM Magstar 3590 > | | > | H11/H1A 30GB > | | > | 4.2.2 > | | > | | > | 5.1.1 > | | > | | > | See (very long) link below. > | | > | | > | http://www-3.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBM_TSM_Suppo| > | rted_Devices_for_AIXHPSUNWN.html#IBM%20Magstar%20Tape%20Products > | | > | | > | Farren Minns > | | > |---------------------------------------------------------------------- > |----| > | | > |---------------------------------------------------------------------- > |----|+-------------------------------+-------------------------------- > |--------|| Lloyd Dieter | > | | > || <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > | | > || Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | | > || Manager" | cc: > | | > || <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Subject: Re: [tsm] > |Re:|| | 3590 Upgrades help required . > | | > || 08/15/2003 09:16 PM | > | | > || Please respond to "ADSM: | > | | > || Dist Stor Manager" | > | | > || | > | | > |+-------------------------------+------------------------------------- > |---| > > > > > > > > > Yes, but from experience, it will work at 4.2.X...although it is > officially unsupported. > > -Lloyd > > > On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 22:46:03 +0300 > Zlatko Krastev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote thusly: > > > --> We're running TSM 4.2.2.12 ... > > > > To get 3590H supported you must reach at least v5.1.6 !!! > > When you reach that point, the README will guide you. > > > > Zlatko Krastev > > IT Consultant > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Farren Minns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 14.08.2003 13:48 > > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > cc: > > Subject: 3590 Upgrades help required . > > > > > > Morning All TSMers :) > > > > >and I will be free to start running some movedata commands to start > > >consolidating tapes (using the new higher compression). > > ... > > > > 3590H upgrading is fully covered in the server README file. > > > > > > I must apologise for being a bit thick here, but exactly which README > > is this. I can find no reference to necessary steps when upgrading > > from B1A > > > > to > > the H1A 3590 drives in the manuals or the the README file in > > /opt/tivoli/tsm/server etc (I'm running TSM on Solaris by the way). > > > > Can anyone tell me exactly where I can get this information from. > > Also, has > > anyone else out there running TSM on Solaris and has been through a > > similar > > upgrade (see information below on the upgrade to be performed). > > > > The planned upgrade is as follows :- > > > > We're running TSM 4.2.2.12 on a Solaris 2.7 server. It's connected to > > an IBM 3494 library with two 3590 B1A drives (SCSI). We are going to > > be upgrading the drives from B1A to H1A models. > > > > Many thanks > > > > Farren Minns - John Wiley & Sons Ltd > > |+--------------------------------+---------------------------------- > > |-----|| Richard Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | > > || Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor | | > > || Manager" | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ||| <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | cc: | > > || | Subject: Re: | > > || 08/11/2003 12:22 PM | Upgrading 3590 Tape Drives??? | > > || Please respond to "ADSM: Dist| | > > || Stor Manager" | | > > || | | > > |+--------------------------------+---------------------------------- > > |-----| > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ... > > >We are soon going to be upgrading our 3590 B1A drives to the H1A > > >models > > > > > so > > >that we can squeeze loads more on the tapes and free up slots in our > > >soon-to-be-filled library. > > > > > >Now, as far as I am aware, this is a relatively simple operation. Am > > >I right in thinking that all that needs to be done after the drives > > >have > > been > > >upgraded is to mark all tapes that are presently in the on-site > > >Tapepool(in the library) as read only. After this, only scratch tapes > > >will be > > used > > >and I will be free to start running some movedata commands to start > > >consolidating tapes (using the new higher compression). > > ... > > > > 3590H upgrading is fully covered in the server README file. > > > > > > ********************************************************************* > > ******** > > > > This email transmission is confidential and intended for the person or > > organisation it is addressed to. If you are not the intended > > recipient, you > > must not copy, distribute, or disseminate the information, open any > > attachment, or take any action in reliance of it. 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