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Re: [ADSM-L] IBM 3584 preventive maintenance schedule

2010-04-09 10:29:36
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] IBM 3584 preventive maintenance schedule
From: "Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT" <Andy.Huebner AT ALCONLABS DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 09:28:00 -0500
My example was to illustrate to the original poster that enterprise class 
libraries do not need much if any PM.

Andy Huebner
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
John D. Schneider
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 5:35 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] IBM 3584 preventive maintenance schedule

Andy,
   IMHO, this question should be addressed squarely at your local CE
manager or Storage Top-Gun, not ADSM-L. It is their job to keep this
library running well, and they have a right to have an opinion in this
matter.
   I am glad you posted it, though, because it is something many people
wonder, I am sure.
   Here are a couple things to think about:

1) Make sure you configure the IBM TSSC (Total Storage Solutions
Console) to phone home any problems to IBM, so they are getting records
of any problems.

2) Configure more than one drive to be a library control path, and make
sure you set up your IBMTape or Atape drives to support that.

3) Plan to upgrade the firmware on the library and drives every 6 months
to 1 year.  This can be done through the Web interface, and is not
usually very intrusive.  I prefer to do it while TSM is down and the
tape drives are dismounted, but that is just me.  At the very least, you
should plan on bouncing the TSM server that is the library master after
a library firmware update.  For the tape drive updates, if scheduling
downtime is hard, you could take individual drives offline to TSM, and
upgrade their firmware individually.  This can be tedious, however,
because upgrading them all at once via the Web interface is about the
speed of upgrading one.

Best Regards,

John D. Schneider
The Computer Coaching Community, LLC
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] IBM 3584 preventive maintenance schedule
From: "Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT" <Andy.Huebner AT ALCONLABS DOT COM>
Date: Thu, April 08, 2010 4:55 pm
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU

The closest we have come to PM on our 3494 was a vacuuming after some DC
renovations, but the library is only 8 years old.

Andy Huebner

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Lamb, Charles P.
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 9:12 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] IBM 3584 preventive maintenance schedule

Hi.............

Would anyone know what the IBM 3584 preventive maintenance schedule
should be and what that entails??

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