> I can say that from an RS/6000 AIX server using a 3494-L12 (with 3590-B1A's)
> that the restore db works JUST FINE !
> You don't have to do anything funny...

So dsmserv will be able to use the 3494 to mount the volume!  Excellant!

...using AIX 5.1ML03 with TSM 4.2.2.0, but my 3494-L is a 3494-L14 (it
contains the maintframe's escon attached drives)....

Thaks for the reply!


> Dwight
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Roder [mailto:spr AT REXX.ACSU.BUFFALO DOT EDU]
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 1:05 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: 3494 and dsmserv restore db
>
>
> Hi All,
>
>      According to the doc., dsmserv restore db only supports manual and
> scsi libraries.  Has anyone on this list restored a db via a 3590 drive
> inside a 3494?  Since the 3494 is not libtype=scsi, I am thinking that I
> will have to put my 3494 into pause or manual mode, and fake TSM into
> thinking the 3590 is standalone, and then manually insert the dbbackup
> volume into the correct drive.
>
> Has anyone done this?
>

Steve Roder, University at Buffalo
HOD Service Coordinator
VM Systems Programmer
UNIX Systems Administrator (Solaris and AIX)
TSM/ADSM Administrator
(spr AT buffalo DOT edu | (716)645-3564)