Re: LTO drive replacement when using switch zoning

2009-08-28 Thread Gill, Geoffrey L.
ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: LTO drive replacement when using switch zoning > > Gill, > > I suspect that the ce had the drive in service mode, either to swap the > drive for another one, or to run diag tests. The ce would have to take it > out of service mode. This can b

Re: LTO drive replacement when using switch zoning

2009-08-19 Thread Len Boyle
ay, August 19, 2009 7:08 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: LTO drive replacement when using switch zoning > > If one is using the ibm 3584(aka TS3500) then the wwn does not changes on > a straight up swap-out. The wwn goes with the slot in the library used to > hold the

Re: LTO drive replacement when using switch zoning

2009-08-19 Thread Gill, Geoffrey L.
ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: LTO drive replacement when using switch zoning > > If one is using the ibm 3584(aka TS3500) then the wwn does not changes on > a straight up swap-out. The wwn goes with the slot in the library used to > hold the tape drive and not the tape drive it

Re: LTO drive replacement when using switch zoning

2009-08-19 Thread Len Boyle
August 19, 2009 9:42 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] LTO drive replacement when using switch zoning If "replacing" the drive is truly a straight up swap-out, the the new drive will have a new wwn that will need to be zoned in the san switch. Then in AIX it will show up

Re: LTO drive replacement when using switch zoning

2009-08-19 Thread Skylar Thompson
Roger Deschner wrote: > It is undocumented, but when replacing fibre-connected LTO drives you > must halt and restart the TSM server in order for it to correctly sense > the new serial numbers. Nothing will work on the new replaced drive > until you bounce the server. A Sun/STK engineer told me abo

Re: LTO drive replacement when using switch zoning

2009-08-19 Thread Richard Rhodes
If "replacing" the drive is truly a straight up swap-out, the the new drive will have a new wwn that will need to be zoned in the san switch. Then in AIX it will show up as a new rmt device. "Gill, Geoffrey L." ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU

Re: LTO drive replacement when using switch zoning

2009-08-19 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
: [ADSM-L] LTO drive replacement when using switch zoning Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" It is undocumented, but when replacing fibre-connected LTO drives you must halt and restart the TSM server in order for it to correctly sense the new serial numbers. Nothing will work on the new repla

Re: LTO drive replacement when using switch zoning

2009-08-18 Thread Roger Deschner
It is undocumented, but when replacing fibre-connected LTO drives you must halt and restart the TSM server in order for it to correctly sense the new serial numbers. Nothing will work on the new replaced drive until you bounce the server. A Sun/STK engineer told me about this one. I know this is tr

LTO drive replacement when using switch zoning

2009-08-18 Thread Gill, Geoffrey L.
Hi all, This situation has never happened to me before so I'm a little unsure of the steps and order to fix it. Running AIX 5.3 with a TSM instance at 5.5.1. LTO drives are zoned in through a switch to the TSM server, 2 drives to each fibre card. Support for the IBM drives was not renewed with