Again thank you for this additional useful piece of information. But now this brings up another issue/question.
If I am limited to no more than 255 unassigned tapes, how do I do a mass/bulk checkin of my 1200 plus tapes we are transferring from the 3494? ------------- 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 Apr 24, 2013 10:34 PM, "Prather, Wanda" <wanda.prat...@icfi.com> wrote: > 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 >
