I know this was in the 4.1.5.0 README for the 3590E drive conversion, and
in the 5.1.6.0 readme for the 3590H upgrade. It may appear in others as
well.
I believe I have a copy if you have trouble finding it; contact me
directly if you want me to send it over.
Regards,
-Lloyd
On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 11:48:11 +0100
Farren Minns <fminns AT WILEY.CO DOT UK> wrote thusly:
> Morning All TSMers :)
>
> >and I will be free to start running some movedata commands to start
> >consolidating tapes (using the new higher compression).
> ...
>
> 3590H upgrading is fully covered in the server README file.
>
>
> I must apologise for being a bit thick here, but exactly which README is
> this. I can find no reference to necessary steps when upgrading from B1A
> to the H1A 3590 drives in the manuals or the the README file in
> /opt/tivoli/tsm/server etc (I'm running TSM on Solaris by the way).
>
> Can anyone tell me exactly where I can get this information from. Also,
> has anyone else out there running TSM on Solaris and has been through a
> similar upgrade (see information below on the upgrade to be performed).
>
> The planned upgrade is as follows :-
>
> We're running TSM 4.2.2.12 on a Solaris 2.7 server. It's connected to an
> IBM 3494 library with two 3590 B1A drives (SCSI). We are going to be
> upgrading the drives from B1A to H1A models.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Farren Minns - John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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> >We are soon going to be upgrading our 3590 B1A drives to the H1A models
> >so that we can squeeze loads more on the tapes and free up slots in our
> >soon-to-be-filled library.
> >
> >Now, as far as I am aware, this is a relatively simple operation. Am I
> >right in thinking that all that needs to be done after the drives have
> been
> >upgraded is to mark all tapes that are presently in the on-site
> >Tapepool(in the library) as read only. After this, only scratch tapes
> >will be used and I will be free to start running some movedata commands
> >to start consolidating tapes (using the new higher compression).
> ...
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> 3590H upgrading is fully covered in the server README file.
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