The latest info I have on this is:

NO. (sadly. We went through that loop a few months back).

However, This is a known problem , and my understanding it that we could see
this fixed by IBM in the not too distant future.

In the mean time, my understanding is that you have to consider each ACF able
drive as a separate library.

On Jun 11,  5:05pm, William S. Kirchhoff wrote:
<=> Subject: ADSM/6000 with 3590 ACF.
<=>  I'm in the process of configuring an AIX version 2 server connected to
<=>two 3590s with ACFs.  Is it possible to configure both drives in one pool
<=>and still make use of the cartridge loaders?
<=>
<=>  All advice is greatly appreciated.
<=>
<=>  - Bill
<=>
<=>=============================================================================
<=>William S. Kirchhoff - Sr. System Programmer - Northeast Regional Data
Center
<=>bill AT nersp.nerdc.ufl DOT edu
                    http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~bill
<=> End of excerpt from William S. Kirchhoff



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