Re: Tape drive conversion question

2006-01-04 Thread Richard Sims
On Jan 4, 2006, at 11:07 AM, Lee, Gary D. wrote: ...We have an ibm 3494 library containing 4 3590-b drives. We wish to convert to 3590-e. ... Gary - See the TSM 4.1 server Readme file, which addresses that older drives conversion procedure in topic "Support for IBM 3590 Model Exx Tape D

Tape drive conversion question

2006-01-04 Thread Lee, Gary D.
Tsm server 5.2.4, solaris 8. We have an ibm 3494 library containing 4 3590-b drives. We wish to convert to 3590-e. Devclass is defined with format=drive. Can I convert as follows: 1. mark all volumes in use read-only 2. allow scratches to be used as tsm sees fit. 3. do reclamation to move onto E