Hi, One more question : does the "audit library" load every tape or does it scan the barcodes of the tapes or does it only look into the database of the library manager ?
Thanks for help Chris -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Rainer Tammer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 15. April 2004 15:55 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: AW: Upgrade Library 3494 Hello, Christoph Pilgram wrote: >Question : Does the "audit library" not write the category from >library-manager to TSM ? > Can you explain why you had to define an additional tape library >? > >Thanks >Chris > > No, TSM writes the correct categories to the library manager. We had to do this because our library manager destroyed the database during an "teach library"... Bye Rainer >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >Von: Hart, Charles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Gesendet: Donnerstag, 15. April 2004 14:40 >An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Betreff: Re: Upgrade Library 3494 > > >We just went through this as part of our 3590-3592 Tape migration in a 3494 >library. Remember that the TSM Library Definition is where the Pri/Scratch >Cat comes from. So as long as you do not change the value you should be >fine. >Once the CE is done you need to do an Audit lib. > >In or situation we had to define an additional (Logical) Tape Library >definition with new categories and then checkout all 3590 tapes with the >"Remove=No" parameter in the checkout libvol cmd then check them back in to >the new lib definition so our new 3592 tapes can use the original lib def >and categories so our scripts didn't blow. > >Hope that info helps. > >-----Original Message----- >From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of >Richard Sims >Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 7:24 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Upgrade Library 3494 > > > > >>We are running TSM (AIX 5.1 / TSM 5.1) with a 3494 Library with about 2000 >>tapes inside (most of them private). Because we have new drives in our >>library (3592) we have to upgrade the library manager software (incl. New >>Library-Manager-PC inside the Library). Our support wants to take the old >> >> >PC > > >>out of the Library, the new one with the new Library-Manager-Software into >>the library and make just a reinventory of the library to build the >>library-manager-database. >>I know that the info about the status of the tapes (private or scratch) is >>available in the library-manager-database. With a new inventory, I think, >>all tapes will go to category scratch. In our tsm-server the category is >>also available. >>Is there a possibility to get the info about the status of the tapes >>synchronized from tsm-server to library. Is there a problem if library has >>the tape as category scratch and tsm has the tape as private (member of a >>tape-storage-pool with data)? >> >> > >Christoph - An interesting situation there... > >For the effects of a change implemented in that manner, refer to >"Re-inventory complete system" in redbook "IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape: >A >Practical Guide". (All tapes end up in Insert category. To be avoided.) > >Your IBM service people should be aware of better approaches... >The Library Manager consists of the industrial PC, LM software, and a >database. The database is a logically separate entity, and can be handled >in pretty much the same way as any other database can, to the best of my >knowledge, which includes preserving its contents across a hardware change. >If you activate the Service Menu portion of the control panel menu >repertoire, >under Utilities you will see "Backup database..." and "Restore database...". >Your service people should be exhorted to fully pursue the potential there, >and not needlessly disrupt the customer environment. Remind them that this >is Enterprise level hardware and software, which implies continuity without >untoward disruption. > > Richard Sims, http://people.bu.edu/rbs > > > >
