Does ALMS apply to the TS3310?  No.

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Clark, Robert A <Robert.Clark AT providence DOT 
org
> wrote:

>  Do you have virtual I/O enabled?
>
> Does 3576lib and its control path drive really correspond to cgoatl03?
>
> [RC]
>
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> Lamb, Charles P.
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> Subject: [ADSM-L] IBM TS3310 Checkin/Checkout Tape Operational Question
>
> Hi.........
>
> We have just installed a brand new TS3310 ==> IBM 3576-L5B ATL.   Atape
> version is 11.2.7.0 and ATL version is 500GS002 which appears to be
> current.  TSM version is 5.4.3.2 and IBM 7026-H70 AIX V5.3.8.3.  We have
> an IBM 3584-L32/D32 ATL which works differently concerning the
> checkin/checkout tapes via I/O slots.  Does the TS3310 I/O slots work
> differently as oppose to the IBM 3584-L32/D32 ATL I/O slots.  See below
> for the TS3310 operational tasks.
>
> We have run tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 inventory which shows robot, I/O
> slots, drives and library slots.
>
> Step one of this morning.....
> 1)      Placed tapes into I/O slots
> 2)      IBM 3576 screen asked where the tapes should go system or
> cgoatl03 - hit cgoatl03 button and OK button
> 3)      Ran label libv 3576lib checkin=scr overwrite=yes search=bulk
> labelsource=barcode
> 4)      We found in activity log anr8386w messages -- slot xx of library
> 3576lib is inaccessible, slot xx are the I/O slots
>
> Step two this morning.....
> 1)      Placed tapes into I/O slots
> 2)      IBM 3576 screen asked where the tapes should go system or
> cgoatl03 - hit cgoatl03 button and OK button
> 3)      We went into IBM 3576 web GUI and manually moved the tapes from
> I/O slots to IBM 3576 library open slots
> 4)      Ran label libv 3576lib checkin=scr overwrite=yes search=bulk
> labelsource=barcode
> 5)      Ran q libv and showed the tapes as scratch tapes
>
> Why do we need step #3 above??  Is this normal??
>
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