Wayne Gorton wrote:
>
> From:  Wayne Gorton or wgorton AT vnet.ibm DOT com or clown AT ibm DOT net
> "                   or AUIBMGOD at IBMMAIL
> "      Cumberland Forest. Aust   Ph:(02) 354 7599  Fax:(02) 3547766
> Subject: Tape mount time.
> Howdy everyone,
> I have a 3494 with 2 3590's & about 132 tapes. I was wondering how long it
> should take to mount a tape. On the adsm console a tape mount takes 11 
> minutes.
> The lmcp thinks it takes an average of 27 seconds.
> Why the difference? What does ADSM have to do before it issues a tape mount?
> Does anyone else have similar sort of times for tape mounts?
> This 11 minutes is separate from ADSM setting up the library (this takes
> about 45 minutes, but is only done once, after ADSM is bought up).
> Ok the version info:- AIX   4.1.4
>                       ADSM  2.1.5.10
>                       Atape 2.5.2.1
>                       Atl   2.5.10
>
>                        Bye
>             Wayne G   Unix Sys Admin
> "           The Thinking Man's Clown
>  "Imagination is more important than knowledge" Albert Einstein

We have a 3494 with 4 3590's and 450 tapes.... we see an average 25-28
second mount time and ADSM reflects that.