Fwd: [ADSM-L] looking for experiences with the ibm 3584 library

2014-05-06 Thread Steven Harris
I generally like the TS3500, but have had some issues in the last 12 months. Two close to identical libraries in two sites running mainframe TS1120s under mainframe VTL and LTO5's for TSM. We upgraded from LTO3 to 5, upgraded the VTL and added mainframe drives and added storage frames of both kin

Re: looking for experiences with the ibm 3584 library

2014-05-05 Thread Stackwick, Stephen
e 100, Columbia, Md 21046 | 443-718-4900 (o) > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On > Behalf Of Zoltan Forray > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 10:45 > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] looking for experiences w

Re: looking for experiences with the ibm 3584 library

2014-05-05 Thread Prather, Wanda
lf Of Rhodes, Richard L. Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 9:09 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] looking for experiences with the ibm 3584 library >We have been using a 3584 for about 12 years and have had no issues at >all with it. The only time it has been "down" >is fo

Re: looking for experiences with the ibm 3584 library

2014-05-05 Thread Zoltan Forray
WOW - Deja Vu - We had these same problems on our 3494: *1) The case of the frayed ribbon cable.* *2) The case of the mysterious gripper failures.* So, eventhough the 3584 is blazing fast, the basic concept/structure/problems haven't changed radically! We have just hit the 1-year mark with our

Re: looking for experiences with the ibm 3584 library

2014-05-05 Thread Arbogast, Warren K
Hi Richard, We're on Linux so we use lin_tape, which is atape for open systems. lin_tape is free, but you have to buy a license for support. The group that supports it might be named "Enterprise Tape Systems". At any rate, we did buy a license for it, and that has been quite handy. The curr

Re: looking for experiences with the ibm 3584 library

2014-05-05 Thread Rhodes, Richard L.
>We have been using a 3584 for about 12 years and have had >no issues at all with it. The only time it has been "down" >is for firmware upgrades, replacing tape drives (upgrade from >LTO2 to LTO4), and when we moved to our new datacenter. Very >stable and a great workhorse. I generally agree w

Re: looking for experiences with the ibm 3584 library

2014-05-02 Thread Stackwick, Stephen
8-4900 (o) > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On > Behalf Of Arbogast, Warren K > Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 19:33 > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] looking for experiences with the ibm 3584 library > > Gary, > I

Re: looking for experiences with the ibm 3584 library

2014-05-02 Thread Arbogast, Warren K
or Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of > Kevin Kettner > Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 4:32 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] looking for experiences with the ibm 3584 library > > We are also looking to upgrade from a 3494 to a 3584. So far as I can tell

Re: looking for experiences with the ibm 3584 library

2014-05-02 Thread Stackwick, Stephen
da > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On > Behalf Of Lee, Gary > Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 3:40 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [ADSM-L] looking for experiences with the ibm 3584 library > > Looking at updating our ta

Re: looking for experiences with the ibm 3584 library

2014-05-02 Thread Prather, Wanda
rks much better/easier with it. Shorter answer: Better, faster, simpler to use. Wanda -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Lee, Gary Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 3:40 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] looking for experienc

Re: looking for experiences with the ibm 3584 library

2014-05-02 Thread Dollens, Bruce
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] looking for experiences with the ibm 3584 library We are also looking to upgrade from a 3494 to a 3584. So far as I can tell the 3584 seems to be practically a drop-in replacement for the 3494. On 5/2/2014 14:39, Lee, Gary wrote: > Looking at upda

Re: looking for experiences with the ibm 3584 library

2014-05-02 Thread Kevin Kettner
We are also looking to upgrade from a 3494 to a 3584. So far as I can tell the 3584 seems to be practically a drop-in replacement for the 3494. On 5/2/2014 14:39, Lee, Gary wrote: Looking at updating our tape libraries for other rojects which might use ltfs. We currently have the ibm 3494 libra

looking for experiences with the ibm 3584 library

2014-05-02 Thread Lee, Gary
Looking at updating our tape libraries for other rojects which might use ltfs. We currently have the ibm 3494 library with 3592-e05 (ts1120) drives. It seems that we must go to the 3584 to get access to lto type tapes, yet keep using our e05s for tsm. I would like to hear others experiences with