ADSM-L

Re: Upgrading firmware on 3583 library and 3580 drives

2002-12-12 06:44:55
Subject: Re: Upgrading firmware on 3583 library and 3580 drives
From: Jurjen Oskam <jurjen AT QUADPRO.STUPENDOUS DOT ORG>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 12:42:09 +0100
On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 12:23:44PM +0200, Zlatko Krastev/ACIT wrote:

        [rmdev/delete drive/delete library on firmware update]

> It ought to be not necessary. Do you have any problem?

We are currently doing an initial DR-test, and received an RS/6000 and 3584
library with four drives to do the test with.

However, we are having quite a few problems with the library and/or drives.
*Many* I/O errors, and last night the library gave a "-=> PERM ERROR! <=-"
and after that "-> TOO MANY ERRORS! <-" in its display.

The RS/6000 that the 3584 is connected to was installed with an mksysb of a
different type RS/6000. The TSM database was restored from a backup of our
production server. The IBM representative said that it could be a problem
that the drive and library firmware versions of our production system are
different from the firmware versions of the test system, and that this
could be the cause of all the errors.

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Jurjen Oskam

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