Re: 3590 tape compress question

2000-10-24 Thread Andy Raibeck
When client compression is turned on, the data is already arriving to the TSM server in a compressed state. The 3590 may indeed be trying to compress this data again, but compressed data does not compress very well, so this is why you see the misleading utilization. Keep in mind though, that the

Re: 3590 tape compress question

2000-10-24 Thread Talafous, John G.
This is an update to a post I made some 10 days ago. I was looking for 3590 extended length cartridges to show capacity numbers indicating decent compression was going on. ... What I found was a ClientOptionSet that indicated Compression=Yes. Therefore, the data I was receiving was already compre

Re: 3590 tape compress question

2000-10-13 Thread Talafous, John G.
] Subject: Re: 3590 tape compress question >We have a 3466-C00, AIX 4.3.2 and TSM 3.7.1. We have a 3494 library with >3590E1A drives with extended length capability. I changed the DEVCLASS for >the tapes to 3590E-C. I then performed an EXPIRE INVENTORY and lowered >reclamation threshold

Re: 3590 tape compress question

2000-10-13 Thread Richard Sims
>We have a 3466-C00, AIX 4.3.2 and TSM 3.7.1. We have a 3494 library with >3590E1A drives with extended length capability. I changed the DEVCLASS for >the tapes to 3590E-C. I then performed an EXPIRE INVENTORY and lowered >reclamation thresholds ... >I may be dealing with the wrong type of dat

Re: 3590 tape compress question

2000-10-13 Thread Talafous, John G.
October 13, 2000 11:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3590 tape compress question Hi Tom and all, Our AIX is 4.3.3.0 and TSM server is 3.7.3.0. I have concerned about changing the tape device format setting, does anybody have such experience? Appreciated your help! Thanks, Phillip

Re: 3590 tape compress question

2000-10-13 Thread Phillip Guan
Of Tom Melton Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 7:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3590 tape compress question DRIVE is supposed to work the same as 3590E-C (I said below 3590-C, but 3590E-C is the correct value). What level of ADSM are you using? I think it was 3.1.2.30 or .40 that added

Re: 3590 tape compress question

2000-10-12 Thread Tom Melton
2000 6:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3590 tape compress question Hi Phillip (and all), We use 3590E model drives in a 3494 ATL, and the vollowing is a Q VOL from my system: ANS8000I Server command: 'q vol stgpool=off2' Volume Name Storage De

Re: 3590 tape compress question

2000-10-12 Thread Phillip Guan
rsday, October 12, 2000 6:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3590 tape compress question Hi Phillip (and all), We use 3590E model drives in a 3494 ATL, and the vollowing is a Q VOL from my system: ANS8000I Server command: 'q vol stgpool=off2' Volume Name Stor

Re: 3590 tape compress question

2000-10-12 Thread Tom Melton
Hi Phillip (and all), We use 3590E model drives in a 3494 ATL, and the vollowing is a Q VOL from my system: ANS8000I Server command: 'q vol stgpool=off2' Volume Name Storage Device EstimatedPct Volume Pool NameClass Name Capacity Ut

Re: 3590 tape compress question

2000-10-12 Thread Phillip Guan
Hi Maria/Richard, No, we didn't turned on compress on the client. Thanks for the info. Phillip -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Maria Paz Gimeno Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 1:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RV: 3590 tape c