We used to have an STK 9710 that we let TSM manage because it was dedicated
to TSM. But we kept having to shut down the library so we could open it to
fix problems (at 30 to 60 minutes downtime) that I can do in software on my
IBM silos. STK told me that I needed to buy ACSLS to get software control of
the robot.

When it worked it worked well. But fixing problems is much easier with
control software.

- Kai.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]
> On Behalf Of
> Gretchen L. Thiele
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 12:42 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: ACSLS or Native TSM manager
>
>
> Dameon White wrote:
> >
> > We just bought a used STK L700 with 4 DLT7000 drives.  We have TSM
> > 5.1.5.2 on AIX and I am confused as to why/if I would need to use
> > ACSLS to manage the library?  Does ACSLS
>
> You don't need ACSLS for an L700. I found that I could do everything I
> wanted without it (I do have ACSLS managing a 'regular' silo and two
> L700s without it). My L700s are dedicated to TSM - if yours
> are not, you
> probably could benefit from ACSLS.
>
> Gretchen Thiele
> Princeton University
>