Hi, same drivers as for 3592/ts11x0 drives also applies for the ts3500. You don't need the TIVsm-tsmscsi for it to work, but IIRC there are some useful tools in there for managing your tape devices.
On 14 mei 2013, at 17:53, Zoltan Forray <zfor...@vcu.edu> wrote: > Oops - I could have sworn I said these are RedHat Linux server. > > > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:51 AM, James Choate <jcho...@chooses1.com> wrote: > >> For Windows there is an IBMtape driver that needs to be loaded. >> Check this URL: >> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21428656 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of >> Ehresman,David E. >> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:45 AM >> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU >> Subject: Re: Re: TS3500/3584 managed by Linux host >> >> Don't know about Windows, but since it is an IBM device, on AIX you use >> Atape and on Linux you use lintape instead of the TSM drivers. So for >> unix, the answer is no. >> >> David >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of >> Zoltan Forray >> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 11:29 AM >> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU >> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Re: TS3500/3584 managed by Linux host >> >> With the TS3500 scheduled to appear next Monday, I am triple-checking my >> list of things to do in preparation of the install, Memorial Day weekend. >> >> I have a question related to the server software. In the past, when >> installing a TSM server, I always excluded/ignored the option of installing >> the TIVsm-tsmscsi modules since I didn't have any SCSI devices. >> >> But with the TS3500 being seen as a "SCSI device", do I need to install >> this missing module/feature on all of my TSM servers? >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 12:44 PM, David Bronder <david-bron...@uiowa.edu >>> wrote: >> >>> TSM controls the library via a second LUN on one or more of the tape >>> drives. By default (or by the IBM CE at installation time), the first >>> drive in the library has the control path enabled, but you can enable >>> it on additional drives (I believe lin_tape should handle failover for >>> them). On AIX, they would be discovered as smc* devices; a quick bit >>> of Googling suggests with lin_tape, they're /dev/IBMchanger* devices. >>> You define the library using the control path device. >>> >>> On the network side, though, you'll likely want TCP port 80 and/or 443 >>> open to the 3584 from somewhere to use the library's web interface, >>> but that's unlikely to be needed from your TSM server unless you use >>> the Java CLI from there to monitor or perform tasks on the library. >>> >>> If you're using a TS3000 System Console to manage your library, that's >>> a whole other beast, which I've avoided so far. Maybe someone else >>> can offer insight there, if you need to know. >>> >>> I'll defer to someone actually using AME or TKLM for drive encryption >>> to speak to the networking requirements there. I'd guess that for >>> AME, all communication is via the tape device, though. >>> >>> =Dave >>> >>> >>> Zoltan Forray wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks for the reply but I need more details than that. Does it >>>> need >>> it's >>>> own fibre connection or does it piggy-back on one of the drives, in >>>> this case TS1130? What does it look like on a server? Does it have >>>> a separate drivers? For instance, my drives appear as >>>> /dev/IBMtapenn due to installation of lin_tape? How do I define the >> TSM path to the library? >>>> >>>> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Thomas Denier < >>>> thomas.den...@jeffersonhospital.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> -----Zoltan Forray wrote: ----- >>>>> >>>>>> I am trying to prepare for the move from our 3494 to a TS3500/3584. >>>>>> >>>>>> With the 3494, it needed port 3494 open on the host system that >>>>>> was the library manager, for the ibmatl program to function. >>>>>> >>>>>> What ports are needed open through the firewall of the Linux >>>>>> servers that are library managers (is it as simple as 3584?)? >>>>>> How about for AME? >>>>>> Any >>>>>> additional ports needed for this function from the TS3500 to each >>>>>> library manager server (I assume the keys are only stored with >>>>>> the server that manages the tapes, not each server that uses a >>>>>> tape - or is this a bad/wrong assumption?) >>>>> >>>>> A TS3500 is eithter a relabeled 3584 or a compatible successor to >>>>> the 3584; different Web sites give conflicting information on this >>>>> point. >>>>> >>>>> All communications between the TSM server code and a TS3500 travel >>>>> over the SAN connections between the two. >>>>> >>>>> Thomas Denier >>>>> Thomas Jefferson University Hospital >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *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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