Mario, You don't mention whether you are using the IBMTape device drivers or not. Since this is an IBM library and IBM drives, you should be using the IBMTape device drivers. That is why the devices say GENERICTAPE instead of 3592. Go to www.ibm.com/storage and find the web site for the IBM TS3500 library, and pull down the drivers it provides. Before you install the drivers, take a look at your zoning. From the description you gave, the library and the two tape drives are only going to be visible from one FC path? If so, then there should be one zone for each tape drive, and no more. The 3592 tape drives have two FC ports each, but there is not much point in zoning separate paths through each side of the tape drive if they all go to one FC adapter. The library can define a library control path for each tape drive if you want. In other words, in the TS3500 library itself, you can configure Tape0 as a library control path, and also Tape1. When you configure the library devices, you will see two library devices appear. This is normal. When you define it to TSM, just pick the first one to be the device for the library manager. If that device is ever unavailable, the driver will automatically try to talk to the library using the alternate path. That is built into the driver.
Once you have verified it is zoned correctly, delete the library and all the drives from the server, then follow the instructions that come with the IBMTape driver to install it. It will configure the library device and all the drives. It looks like you have used the correct device names to configure the library path and drives. Once you get the driver issue straightened out, it should work. Best Regards, John D. Schneider The Computer Coaching Community, LLC Office: (314) 635-5424 / Toll Free: (866) 796-9226 Cell: (314) 750-8721 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ADSM-L] TS3500 Library with TS1120 drives configuration From: Mario Behring <mariobehr...@yahoo.com> Date: Mon, March 21, 2011 11:12 pm To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Hi all, I have a TS3500 tape Library with 2 drives TS1120...how should I define it to TSM? TSM Server is 6.2.2 running on Windows 2008. Here is what Windows and TSM Management Console actually "see"....and the tsm: * 4 Changer0 devices * 2 \.\\Tape0 devices * 2 \.\\Tape1 devices Tivoli Storage Manager -- Device List Utility Licensed Materials - Property of IBM 5697-TSM (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2000, 2005. All rights reserved. U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corporation. Computer Name: HOSTNAME OS Version: 6.1 OS Build #: 7601 TSM Device Driver: TSMScsi - Not Running One HBA was detected. Manufacturer Model Driver Version Firmware Description ------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emulex Corporation 42C2069 elxstor 7.2.30.018 2.82A3 IBM 42C2069 4Gb 1-Port PCIe FC HBA for System x TSM Name ID LUN Bus Port SSN WWN TSM Type Driver Device Identifier ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mt0.0.0.4 0 0 0 4 000007841159 500507630F559506 GENERICTAPE NATIVE IBM 03592E05 1EC7 lb0.1.0.4 0 1 0 4 0000000A18580402 500507630F559506 LIBRARY IBM IBM 03584L22 7363 mt1.0.0.4 1 0 0 4 000007841088 500507630F559507 GENERICTAPE NATIVE IBM 03592E05 1EC7 lb1.1.0.4 1 1 0 4 0000000A18580402 500507630F559507 LIBRARY IBM IBM 03584L22 7363 mt2.0.0.4 2 0 0 4 000007841088 500507630F959507 GENERICTAPE NATIVE IBM 03592E05 1EC7 lb2.1.0.4 2 1 0 4 0000000A18580402 500507630F959507 LIBRARY IBM IBM 03584L22 7363 mt3.0.0.4 3 0 0 4 000007841159 500507630F959506 GENERICTAPE NATIVE IBM 03592E05 1EC7 lb3.1.0.4 3 1 0 4 0000000A18580402 500507630F959506 LIBRARY IBM IBM 03584L22 7363 Completed in: 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds. Why the tsmldst utility identify 4 libraries and 4 drives? Actually the WWN and the Device Identifier show that there is only 1 Library, but how do I configure it in TSM? Here is what I've defined at TSM: * Device: Type = 3592 and Format = 3592-2C * Library: Type = SCSI, Device=\.\\Changer0 * Drives: Device= \.\\Tape0 and Device=\.\\Tape1 All created PATHs are online....but I can't manage to checkin any tape.... Any help is appreciated. Mario
