IBM installation will include some configuration of the library, but obviously not the SAN zoning, TSM configuration, etc.
"Burn-in" may not be the right phrase, but as Wanda said, there will be a long-ish period after the physical install of the library to exercise the accessor, etc., before handing the library off to the customer. For a 7-frame library, I'd imagine that could take a good day or more just letting it run. And despite the differences between a 3494 and a 3584, the basics of a multi-frame library with an accessor on a single track through the whole library haven't changed much. I'd expect the physical install of a 3584 of that size to take about as long as a 3494 of the same size. Check with your IBM installer for a better estimate of the total time for both physical install, initial configuration and exercising. =Dave Zoltan Forray wrote: > > As always, I keep saying thanks for your fount of knowledge/experience. > Sounds like there hasn't been a monumental change from the way the 3494 > works. There have always been issues with track/frame alignment and > re-alignment due to settling/loading/usage. > > I have passed this on to my superiors and they aren't too happy about the > huge difference in time estimates. Looks like it is going to be a long, > long Memorial Day weekend! Planned to start Friday morning to empty the > 1200+ tapes from the 3494 and release it to IBM by noon. Might have to > push back to Thursday. > > "burn-in" was my poor choice of words. In my mind, they have already > tested/"burned in" the library before handing over the keys to the > customer. I guess their install doesn't include the configuration of the > library - I get all that fun.... > > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Prather, Wanda > <wanda.prat...@icfi.com>wrote: > > > From what I've observed, the 3584 doesn't' just drop in. > > There is a lot of positioning and leveling and connecting and wiring and > > testing by the FE when you have multiple frames. > > I'd say 8 hours might be enough to do a single L-frame. > > But 7 drive frames is a lot. > > > > OTOH, when he says "burn in", I'm assuming he means the time to run the > > test exercises of the actuator that they do, and they do need to run it a > > significant amount of time. But I've never had an FE tell me that the > > customer needs to do a "burn in". They've always turned them over to me > > ready to rock and roll. > > > > W > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of > > Zoltan Forray > > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 9:58 AM > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Subject: [ADSM-L] TS3500/3584 installation time frame > > > > As you are aware from previous posts, we are heading into a "deinstall 3494 > > - install 3584". This is a pull-push since we don't have the floor > > space/power to run both. > > > > We met with Mainline/IBM yesterday and concerns were raised about the time > > slot being allotted to this project - roughly 24-hours and if needed, > > 48-hours. The comment from the IBM SE/FE was they usually allow a week for > > an install/burn-in of a 3584. Originally, the Mainline (sales) person > > threw out 8-hours for deinstall of the 3494 (this is for scrap/parts - no > > care taken in how it is taken apart and removed) and 8-hours for the 3584 > > install. > > > > So, I am looking for experiences on how long it took for you to get your > > 3584 installed and what, if any, issues there were. > > > > We are removing a 12-frame 3494 and pushing in a 7-frame TS3500/3584 (1-L23 > > 6-D23) > > -- Hello World. David Bronder - Systems Architect Segmentation Fault ITS-EI, Univ. of Iowa Core dumped, disk trashed, quota filled, soda warm. david-bron...@uiowa.edu
