Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

2013-02-14 Thread Prather, Wanda
14, 2013 11:23 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape library possible replacement - push/pull Well, it looks like this is going to happen and yes it will be a pull-out-3494-push-install-3584/TS3500. We are trying to make this transition as easy as possible so I have some

Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

2013-02-14 Thread Zoltan Forray
Well, it looks like this is going to happen and yes it will be a pull-out-3494-push-install-3584/TS3500. We are trying to make this transition as easy as possible so I have some questions about prepping for this. One issue is we have 2-library manager TSM servers. This was done primarily for red

Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

2013-02-04 Thread Allen S. Rout
On 02/04/2013 01:43 PM, Zoltan Forray wrote: > As this project moves forward, I am doing more and more research since I am > unfamiliar with this beast (3494 has been my baby since it was installed in > 1995). > > The book talks about "*to communicate with a server, the IBM System Storage > TS3500

Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

2013-02-04 Thread Steve Roder
On 02/04/2013 02:32 PM, Zoltan Forray wrote: Thanks for the "explanations" but I still don't understand. Does the fibre channel connection replace the 3494 IP link? I think read that you still need IP for CLI? Yes, the TSM server will be configured to talk to the Library Manager of the 3584

Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

2013-02-04 Thread Richard Rhodes
r that let you do stuff against the library also. Just some thoughts . . . Rick From: Zoltan Forray To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 02/04/2013 01:47 PM Subject:Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull Sent by:"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" As this p

Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

2013-02-04 Thread Remco Post
On 4 feb. 2013, at 20:32, Zoltan Forray wrote: > Thanks for the "explanations" but I still don't understand. Does the fibre > channel connection replace the 3494 IP link? I think read that you still > need IP for CLI? > yes, there is an IP interface (or usually even multiple for GUI and 'CLI'

Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

2013-02-04 Thread Ehresman,David E.
@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 1:43 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape library possible replacement - push/pull As this project moves forward, I am doing more and more research since I am unfamiliar with this beast (3494 has been my baby

Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

2013-02-04 Thread Paul Zarnowski
r 3494. >> >> W >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of >> Zoltan Forray >> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 5:52 PM >> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU >> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] T

Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

2013-02-04 Thread Zoltan Forray
Thanks for the "explanations" but I still don't understand. Does the fibre channel connection replace the 3494 IP link? I think read that you still need IP for CLI? Are the drives still separate when it comes to paths (other than being defined as part of a library)? Is the fibre connection to t

Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

2013-02-04 Thread Thomas Denier
-Zoltan Forray wrote: - >As this project moves forward, I am doing more and more research >since I am >unfamiliar with this beast (3494 has been my baby since it was >installed in >1995). > >The book talks about "*to communicate with a server, the IBM System >Storage >TS3500 Tape Library u

Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

2013-02-04 Thread Remco Post
On 4 feb. 2013, at 19:43, Zoltan Forray wrote: > As this project moves forward, I am doing more and more research since I am > unfamiliar with this beast (3494 has been my baby since it was installed in > 1995). > > The book talks about "*to communicate with a server, the IBM System Storage > TS

Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

2013-02-04 Thread Zoltan Forray
494. > > W > > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of > Zoltan Forray > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 5:52 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

2013-01-26 Thread Prather, Wanda
: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 5:52 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape library possible replacement - push/pull Operators paying attention when loading them ;-) Using category codes there are

Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

2013-01-26 Thread Zoltan Forray
> > keep them separated now by 3494 category codes, those go away. > > You have the logical libraries now instead. Carts get assigned to the > > logical libraries based on a volser range filter in the library > interface. > > > > W > > > > > > ---

Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

2013-01-26 Thread Prather, Wanda
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf > Of Zoltan Forray > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 2:08 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [ADSM-L] Tape library possible replacement - push/pull > > We are starting to examine the idea of replacing o

Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

2013-01-26 Thread Nick Laflamme
On Jan 26, 2013, at 7:43 AM, Zoltan Forray wrote: > With 7-TSM servers (with more TSM servers in my future to address the need > to backup many thousands of faculty/staff/student "desktops") transferring > data from disk-to-tape, all day long, I need spindles not necessarily > storage capacity.

Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

2013-01-26 Thread Zoltan Forray
gt;> >> W >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of >> Zoltan Forray >> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 2:08 PM >> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU >> Subject: [ADSM-L] Tape library possible r

Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

2013-01-26 Thread Zoltan Forray
library interface. > > W > > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of > Zoltan Forray > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 2:08 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [ADSM-L] Tape library possible replacement - pu

Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

2013-01-26 Thread Steven Harris
or Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 2:08 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Tape library possible replacement - push/pull We are starting to examine the idea of replacing our aging 3494 (installed 1995) due to difficulty in getting

Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

2013-01-25 Thread Prather, Wanda
ssage- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 2:08 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Tape library possible replacement - push/pull We are starting to examine the idea of replacing our aging 3494 (inst

Re: Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

2013-01-25 Thread Thomas Denier
-Zoltan Forray wrote: - >We are starting to examine the idea of replacing our aging 3494 >(installed >1995) due to difficulty in getting parts and having more frequent >outages >due to robot issues. > >Since we have 17-TS1130 drives, the natural transition would be to a >TS3500/3584. > >If

Tape library possible replacement - push/pull

2013-01-25 Thread Zoltan Forray
We are starting to examine the idea of replacing our aging 3494 (installed 1995) due to difficulty in getting parts and having more frequent outages due to robot issues. Since we have 17-TS1130 drives, the natural transition would be to a TS3500/3584. If we go down this route, one issue might be