Ah. 2-legged robots will work OK too.
If there isn't a cartridge assignment map, when the operators (who are paying
attention!) put the cartridges in the I/O door, they use the library panel (or
the web interface) to tell it which logical lib to assign that batch of
cartridges to, then you run a TSM checkin as usual.
The exact sequence varies depending on whether you have "virtual" I/O slots
enabled with ALMS, but it's documented in the Operator's guide.
So you should get the same resulting function as with your 3494.
W
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Operators paying attention when loading them ;-)
Using category codes there are 2-library manager servers. Since only one LM is
used for offsite, 99.9% of tapes bring checked in are handled by it with bulk
check-in.
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On Jan 26, 2013 5:18 PM, "Prather, Wanda" <Wanda.Prather AT icfi DOT com>
wrote:
> >>>Carts get assigned to the logical libraries based on a volser range
> filter in the library interface.
>
> No, that's not an absolute restriction, it's just a convenience. It
> allows the case where operators throw scratch tapes into the physical
> I/O door and the library itself can shift them to the virtual I/O door
> of the TSM library you want them checked in to, assuming the library
> is partitioned into multiple logical libraries.
>
> How do you get the 3494 library "divided" now so that scratch tapes
> get the category code of the appropriate library?
> Or have you implemented 1 library with TSM library sharing, or what?
>
> 'Splain, and we'll help you figgur it out....
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Prather, Wanda
> <Wanda.Prather AT icfi DOT com
> >wrote:
>
> > Yep, pretty much that simple.
> >
> > Check the tapes out of one library, check them into another.
> > No more complicated than if you are going to a DR site that has a
> > 3584 rather than a 3494.
> > TSM doesn't care.
> >
> > There are some differences in the library management:
> >
> > If you are talking to the 3494 library interface via TCP/IP now,
> > that changes. (Some people use the TCP/IP interface, some use a
> > serial
> > cable.) TSM talks to the 3584 library via the atape drive over the
> > fibre, it has its own device number/path.
> >
> > Thomas already mentioned that the 3584 can be partitioned into
> > logical libraries.
> > If you have multiple TSM servers or other apps using the 3494, you
> > keep them separated now by 3494 category codes, those go away.
> > You have the logical libraries now instead. Carts get assigned to
> > the logical libraries based on a volser range filter in the library
> interface.
> >
> > W
> >
> >
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> > Behalf Of Zoltan Forray
> > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 2:08 PM
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject: [ADSM-L] Tape library possible replacement - push/pull
> >
> > We are starting to examine the idea of replacing our aging 3494
> > (installed
> > 1995) due to difficulty in getting parts and having more frequent
> > outages due to robot issues.
> >
> > Since we have 17-TS1130 drives, the natural transition would be to a
> > TS3500/3584.
> >
> > If we go down this route, one issue might be the
> > floorspace/placement, which might require a weekend eject-push-pull-reload.
> >
> > Never having dealt with any tape library other than the 3494, I am
> > trying to collect as much info as I can on doing a swap-out.
> >
> > Is it as simple as defining the new library, moving the drives/paths
> > to it, changing the devclass to point to the new library, checkin
> > everything (scratch/private)?? Am I missing anything?
> >
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