Why? Because its different than a 3494. It uses IP to provide a web pages for managing the library. It uses fibre channel to communicate with the host about tape mounts/dismounts as well as actual data movement.
David -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 1:43 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape library possible replacement - push/pull As this project moves forward, I am doing more and more research since I am unfamiliar with this beast (3494 has been my baby since it was installed in 1995). The book talks about "*to communicate with a server, the IBM System Storage TS3500 Tape Library uses a Fibre Channel interface (also called a port).*" Why? What is this "fibre channel interface" used for? The 3494 use IP to communicate/manage the library and the drives inside the library used fibre plus an RS422 connection to the library manager. On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Prather, Wanda <wanda.prat...@icfi.com>wrote: > Ah. 2-legged robots will work OK too. > > If there isn't a cartridge assignment map, when the operators (who are > paying attention!) put the cartridges in the I/O door, they use the library > panel (or the web interface) to tell it which logical lib to assign that > batch of cartridges to, then you run a TSM checkin as usual. > > The exact sequence varies depending on whether you have "virtual" I/O > slots enabled with ALMS, but it's documented in the Operator's guide. > So you should get the same resulting function as with your 3494. > > W > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of > Zoltan Forray > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 5:52 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape library possible replacement - push/pull > > Operators paying attention when loading them ;-) > > Using category codes there are 2-library manager servers. Since only one > LM is used for offsite, 99.9% of tapes bring checked in are handled by it > with bulk check-in. > > ------------- > Zoltan Forray > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator > Virginia Commonwealth University > UCC/Office of Technology Services > zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will > never use email to request that you reply with your password, social > security number or confidential personal information. For more details > visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html > On Jan 26, 2013 5:18 PM, "Prather, Wanda" <wanda.prat...@icfi.com> wrote: > > > >>>Carts get assigned to the logical libraries based on a volser range > > filter in the library interface. > > > > No, that's not an absolute restriction, it's just a convenience. It > > allows the case where operators throw scratch tapes into the physical > > I/O door and the library itself can shift them to the virtual I/O door > > of the TSM library you want them checked in to, assuming the library > > is partitioned into multiple logical libraries. > > > > How do you get the 3494 library "divided" now so that scratch tapes > > get the category code of the appropriate library? > > Or have you implemented 1 library with TSM library sharing, or what? > > > > 'Splain, and we'll help you figgur it out.... > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Prather, Wanda > > <wanda.prat...@icfi.com > > >wrote: > > > > > Yep, pretty much that simple. > > > > > > Check the tapes out of one library, check them into another. > > > No more complicated than if you are going to a DR site that has a > > > 3584 rather than a 3494. > > > TSM doesn't care. > > > > > > There are some differences in the library management: > > > > > > If you are talking to the 3494 library interface via TCP/IP now, > > > that changes. (Some people use the TCP/IP interface, some use a > > > serial > > > cable.) TSM talks to the 3584 library via the atape drive over the > > > fibre, it has its own device number/path. > > > > > > Thomas already mentioned that the 3584 can be partitioned into > > > logical libraries. > > > If you have multiple TSM servers or other apps using the 3494, you > > > keep them separated now by 3494 category codes, those go away. > > > You have the logical libraries now instead. Carts get assigned to > > > the logical libraries based on a volser range filter in the library > > interface. > > > > > > W > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On > > > Behalf Of Zoltan Forray > > > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 2:08 PM > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > > Subject: [ADSM-L] Tape library possible replacement - push/pull > > > > > > We are starting to examine the idea of replacing our aging 3494 > > > (installed > > > 1995) due to difficulty in getting parts and having more frequent > > > outages due to robot issues. > > > > > > Since we have 17-TS1130 drives, the natural transition would be to a > > > TS3500/3584. > > > > > > If we go down this route, one issue might be the > > > floorspace/placement, which might require a weekend > eject-push-pull-reload. > > > > > > Never having dealt with any tape library other than the 3494, I am > > > trying to collect as much info as I can on doing a swap-out. > > > > > > Is it as simple as defining the new library, moving the drives/paths > > > to it, changing the devclass to point to the new library, checkin > > > everything (scratch/private)?? Am I missing anything? > > > > > > -- > > > *Zoltan Forray* > > > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth > > > University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - > > > 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable > > > organizations will never use email to request that you reply with > > > your password, social security number or confidential personal > > > information. For more details visit > > > http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *Zoltan Forray* > > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator > > Virginia Commonwealth University > > UCC/Office of Technology Services > > zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 > > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations > > will never use email to request that you reply with your password, > > social security number or confidential personal information. 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