3590 Magstar... I am running ADSM on MVS 3.1.2.0 (OS/390 2.5) with Magstar 3494 libraries (one primary tape pool, the other my electronic vault/copy pool). My copy groups are DFSMS controlled System
We have 3590 drives in a 3494 on AIX. When the 3590 drives were stand-alone (before we got the 3494), we had only a couple of tapes that went bad, and one of those was bad when we first tried to use
Author: Tom Haddad <thaddad AT COLUMBIAENERGYGROUP DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 15:44:15 -0500
I have several 3570 devices with the oldest one in use since early 97 and up to now, no device or even media problems. (well except for that one new Magstar cartridge that was shipped to me with NO t
Author: "Weeks, Debbie" <debbie AT ADMIN.USF DOT EDU>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 16:27:07 -0500
Wow, that 's a pretty good record. Wish I could say the same. We have one unit that has been in use since December of 97, and a new that has only been in use for a couple of months. We have had sever
Author: "Armstrong, Stanley" <SArmst01 AT HARRIS DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 17:31:54 -0500
Our 3494 library is connected to a SP2. We have 1400 3590's in fairly active rotation since April of 1996 (hundreds of mounts a day) and have had one media failure. The 3494 library was realigned mor
Author: "Prather, Wanda" <PrathW1 AT CENTRAL.SSD.JHUAPL DOT EDU>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 10:18:58 -0500
My two cents: Most of the comments on this thread have had to do with the operation of the 3590's for on-site tapes. And having very reliable devices for day-to-day operations is important, and frequ