Looking on the IBM site, it says that the H1A drives are supported for both
4.2.2 and 5.1.1 levels of TSM. I'm starting to get confused.
Device Capacity AIX
HPUX SUN WIN
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| IBM Magstar 3590 |
| B11/B1A 10GB |
| Base |
| IBM Magstar 3590 E11/E1A |
| 20GB Base |
| IBM Magstar 3590 |
| H11/H1A 30GB |
| 4.2.2 |
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| 5.1.1 |
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| See (very long) link below. |
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| http://www-3.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBM_TSM_Suppo|
| rted_Devices_for_AIXHPSUNWN.html#IBM%20Magstar%20Tape%20Products |
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| Farren Minns |
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Yes, but from experience, it will work at 4.2.X...although it is
officially unsupported.
-Lloyd
On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 22:46:03 +0300
Zlatko Krastev <acit AT ATTGLOBAL DOT NET> wrote thusly:
> --> We're running TSM 4.2.2.12 ...
>
> To get 3590H supported you must reach at least v5.1.6 !!!
> When you reach that point, the README will guide you.
>
> Zlatko Krastev
> IT Consultant
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Farren Minns <fminns AT WILEY.CO DOT UK>
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> 14.08.2003 13:48
> Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
>
>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> cc:
> Subject: 3590 Upgrades help required .
>
>
> 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).
> ...
>
> 3590H upgrading is fully covered in the server README file.
>
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