Re: IBM 3584 preventive maintenance schedule

2010-04-09 Thread Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT
My example was to illustrate to the original poster that enterprise class libraries do not need much if any PM. Andy Huebner -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of John D. Schneider Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 5:35 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.

Re: IBM 3584 preventive maintenance schedule

2010-04-08 Thread John D. Schneider
You can always use tapeutil to load the drive or library firmware. It still has to be done one at a time, but is MUCH faster than the GUI version; only a couple minutes per drive. Best Regards, John D. Schneider The Computer Coaching Community, LLC Office: (314) 635-5424 / Toll Free: (866) 796

Re: IBM 3584 preventive maintenance schedule

2010-04-08 Thread Richard Rhodes
> This can be tedious, however, > because upgrading them all at once via the Web interface is about the > speed of upgrading one. We have had problems upgrading the drive microcode. When upgrading all the drives at one time, the update proceeds and finally ends with an error. THe state of the d

Re: IBM 3584 preventive maintenance schedule

2010-04-08 Thread John D. Schneider
Andy, IMHO, this question should be addressed squarely at your local CE manager or Storage Top-Gun, not ADSM-L. It is their job to keep this library running well, and they have a right to have an opinion in this matter. I am glad you posted it, though, because it is something many people wo

Re: IBM 3584 preventive maintenance schedule

2010-04-08 Thread Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT
The closest we have come to PM on our 3494 was a vacuuming after some DC renovations, but the library is only 8 years old. Andy Huebner -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Lamb, Charles P. Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 9:12 AM To:

Re: IBM 3584 preventive maintenance schedule

2010-04-08 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
We have not normally performed any "preventive" maintenance - only addressed issues as they came up. The most common "maintenance" we have performed is the blue track/frame alignment. Once the robot starts making too many/loud clickety-clack noises (louder than usually) or shows slow-downs, espec

Re: IBM 3584 preventive maintenance schedule

2010-04-08 Thread Remco Post
On 8 apr 2010, at 16:12, Lamb, Charles P. wrote: > Hi. > > Would anyone know what the IBM 3584 preventive maintenance schedule should be > and what that entails?? If you find out, could you tell us? Enterprise libraries should not need much in terms of preventive maintenance. I ca