ADSM-L

Re: [ADSM-L] Moving from Generictape device class to LTO device class

2007-09-06 17:52:13
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Moving from Generictape device class to LTO device class
From: Ibán Bernaldo de Quirós Márquez <Iban.Bernaldodequiros AT SUN DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 23:48:36 +0200
In my opinion,

The only thing you can do is to create new pools with new device class and format LTO4 and put the new pools in production.

Then you have to set the nextstgpool parameter of old stgpools with the name of the new ones created, if you want to migrate all the data now. If not then wait for data expiration.

If you want to accelerate the process then you should migrate, or do move data's to put information on new pools.

The problem is that we can not update the device class setting of a stgpool because the device class specifies the recording format so it is something like the nature of a stgpool that could not be changed.

Hope this helps !!

Regards,
Ibán.

Hope this helps,

Kelly Lipp wrote:
Iban,

We were using the IBM driver but the generictape in TSM. Yes, they are IBM LTO4 drives.

Kelly J. Lipp
VP Manufacturing & CTO
STORServer, Inc.
485-B Elkton Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
719-266-8777
lipp AT storserver DOT com

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of Ibán 
Bernaldo de Quirós Márquez
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 2:44 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Moving from Generictape device class to LTO device class

Are they LTO drives from IBM ¿?

Were you using the generic device driver of the OS or were you using the IBM device 
driver ¿?

Depending on how it was configured we can try one way or another ...

Let me know !!

Regards,
Ibán.

Kelly Lipp wrote:
Folks,
About five months ago, I created a device class of generictape to use LTO4 drives in a new STORServer I built. Now, with the newest version of TSM, LTO4 is supported and the library knows about them and generictape won't work anymore (wrong kind of mountpoint in the library). Anybody have a clever way of getting my generic tape volumes into my new LTO storage pool? Kelly J. Lipp
VP Manufacturing & CTO
STORServer, Inc.
485-B Elkton Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
719-266-8777
lipp AT storserver DOT com