Yes, I see what you are referring to...but if you click on the "IBM
Magstar 3590H" link, it takes you (after submitting your support login)
to:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/entdocview.wss?rs=663&uid=swg21054290
And here the title of the doc is "What are the device driver changes and
updates in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.1.1?".
And as I indicated, although it is not supported on the
no-longer-supported 4.2 releases, I can state that it works, as I have two
customers that have been running with them (fibre 3590H's on AIX 4.3.3)
for some time now (many months).
I guess that you'll have to weigh whether you're willing to run in an
officially unsupported configuration. My recommendation would be to jump
up the 5.X releases.
-Lloyd
On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 10:41:05 +0100
Farren Minns <fminns AT WILEY.CO DOT UK> wrote thusly:
> 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
> |----------------------------------------------------------------------
> |----|
> | IBM Magstar 3590
> | |
> | B11/B1A 10GB
> | |
> | Base
> | |
> | IBM Magstar 3590 E11/E1A
> | |
> | 20GB Base
> | |
> | IBM Magstar 3590
> | |
> | H11/H1A 30GB
> | |
> | 4.2.2
> | |
> |
|
> | 5.1.1
> | |
> |
|
> | 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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> |
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> |--------|| Lloyd Dieter |
> | |
> || <dieter AT SNRGY DOT COM> |
>
> | |
> || Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor | To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>
> | |
> || Manager" | cc:
> | |
> || <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> | Subject: Re: [tsm]
> |Re:|| | 3590 Upgrades help required .
> | |
> || 08/15/2003 09:16 PM |
> | |
> || Please respond to "ADSM: |
> | |
> || Dist Stor Manager" |
> | |
> || |
> | |
> |+-------------------------------+-------------------------------------
> |---|
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 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
> > |+--------------------------------+----------------------------------
> > |-----|| Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU> | |
> > || Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor | |
> > || Manager" | To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > ||| <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> | cc: |
> > || | Subject: Re: |
> > || 08/11/2003 12:22 PM | Upgrading 3590 Tape Drives??? |
> > || Please respond to "ADSM: Dist| |
> > || Stor Manager" | |
> > || | |
> > |+--------------------------------+----------------------------------
> > |-----|
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ...
> > >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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