Thank you both for the kind words; I think it's just a matter of surviving long enough to have all the battle scars - BTDTGTTS.
In the interest of completeness, here's one other thing that is different from the 3494: When you create your logical libraries, modify the "maximum VIO cartridges" setting. I believe the default is still 16. AFAIK, with a 3494 you can just keep stuffing cartridges in the I/O door, and it will keep filing them away with an INSERT category code. In the TS3500 w/ALMS, you put cartridges in the physical I/O door, and the library puts them into the "virtual" I/O door of the appropriate library partition. But if you put more through the physical door than the library has virtual I/O slots (before you do a checkin and clear the virtual I/O slots), weirdness will ensue. Your checkin will not "see" the extra cartridges. I don't' know of any reason not to set the "maximum VIO cartridges" to the max setting, which I think is 255. Somebody else might have a better idea if there is a downside to that. W -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 2:39 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 Thanks for all the responses - it has been immensely educational and I have much less trepidation about the upcoming unload-pull-out-3494-push-in-reload-3584 weekend. I am going to miss my 3494 - been using it since 1995! I agree that Wanda has some of the best documentation/experiences with TSM, et-al - she should be writing for IBM/Redbooks! On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Arbogast, Warren K <warbo...@indiana.edu>wrote: > Zoltan, > The Web Specialist can be used with an https interface, and a physical > console to the 3584 is available. I have little experience with the > physical console, but you could determine whether it has the features > and suits your needs better than the Web Specialist. > > Wanda just wrote the Red Book on setting up a 3584. It's more > complete, easier to comprehend and better organized than anything you > will find in the official documentation. > > With best wishes to all, > Keith Arbogast > Indiana University > -- *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
