I have seen similar weirdness and I never could figure it out exactly, either.
>From watching the web interface, as far as I can tell when you put tapes in >the door, the arm moves them into a slot, and those slots are assigned a SCSI >slot address that corresponds to an I/O door. When they are checked in by TSM, I don't think the cartridges actually move, they just get assigned new slot numbers that correspond to a storage slot. So I'm not sure when you need physical slots free and when you don't. (I just learned not to put more tapes in the I/O door than there are virtual slots defined, or the checkin won't find them.) Anybody else have rapport with virtual I/O slots? W -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Rhodes Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 10:28 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 The virtual I/O slots can be very confusing. One time we filled our library up due to needing as many tape as possible. Every slot was full with either a real tape or cleaning cartridge. Later we tried to eject a tape that was bad. The checkout cmd failed. Long store short - there were no open slots in the library, and this made it so the checkout couldn't move the tape to to the virtual export slot, which would have put the tape in the CAP. I really don't understand this - you would think it could checkout a tape into the CAP door without needing open slots. After we removed a cleaning cartridges (freeing up one slot), the checkout worked correctly. From what we understand, you need as many open slots in the library as you have virtual I/O slots (CAP door slots), or at least for as many tapes you would want to checkout concurrently. At least that's what we think happened, which could very well be wrong! As I said, I've found this confusing. The manuals for the 3584 don't really explain this interaction. Rick From: "Prather, Wanda" <wanda.prat...@icfi.com> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/25/2013 09:47 AM Subject: Re: Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> The "virtual I/O slots" only get involved when you put cartridges in through the 16/32 slot physical I/O door. For the initial library load, just open the BIG doors and put the tapes directly into the slots yourself. Then for a SCSI library, the syntax for CHECKIN is slightly different than for your 3494. checkin libv bubba search=yes status=scratch checklabel=barcode waitt=0 volrange=TS1000,TS1999 checkin libv bubba search=bulk status=scratch checklabel=barcode waitt=0 Search =YES tells TSM to checkin from the INSIDE library slots. Search=bulk tells TSM to checkin what's in the I/O door (with ALMS, it's a virtual I/O door, but TSM doesn't' know that.) FWIW: For the 3494, TSM just tells the 3494 what it wants done, and doesn't know or care where in the library tapes are located. All the inventory management is done outboard by the 3494. If TSM tells the 3494 to mount a cartridge, he doesn't need to know where the cartridge is, that's handled by the 3494 For a SCSI library, including the TS3500 doing business as a 3584, TSM has to figure out what tapes are in what slots at checkin time, and saves the slot numbers in devconfig so he can send the appropriate commands for cartridge movement. (e.g., take cartridge from slot 1024, load in drive position 6). That's why the checkin commands are different. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 4:37 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500 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 > ----------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. 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