Hi,

We are running TSM 5.2.6.0 on Z/OS 1.4

As from next week we are going to  replace our old ESS disk storage  with
DS8100
At this moment we only have 3390 disks model  3 (for DB, Reclog and
storage pools)

We want to use 3390 model 9 on the new DS8100

Some questions :

Is it possible to use a mixed (model 3 and model 9) environment for the
TSM DB ? (and reclog and storage pools)

Do I have to create a new devclass e.g. DISKmod9 ? Or can I just use our
current DISK devclass (see below) ?

Can I just continue using the same allocate and format job to take new
disk volumes in production for TSM ?

Other points to consider ?

Personally I think I do not have to do anything special but just to be
sure I would like to hear some experiences.

Thanks,

Van de Vijver Paul
Honda Europe NV
Belgium

Q devclass disk f=d
             Device Class Name: DISK
        Device Access Strategy: Random
            Storage Pool Count: 5
Last Update by (administrator):
         Last Update Date/Time: 17.10.1994 16:54:00
                   Device Type:
         Maximum Capacity (MB):
       Estimated Capacity (MB):
           Dataset Name Prefix:
                   Mount Limit:
         Mount Retention (min):
                    Label Type:
               Expiration Date:
              Mount Wait (min):
                        Format:
                     Unit Name:
                        Volser:
                   Compression:
                    Protection:
                     Retention:
                   Server Name:
                  Retry Period:
                Retry Interval:
                  Library Name:
                          WORM:





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