To make things very clear, there is no relevant design limitation in TSM, this 
is is just a bug. Of course Gresham software is just as vulnerable to human 
error. These things happen to the best of us. Don't believe the FUD that 
commercial software vendors spread.

On 2 nov. 2011, at 23:52, Support - US wrote:

> Such problems do not exist when you use an externally managed library. With 
> an External Library Manager TSM is not aware of the slot count of a library, 
> thus removing any dependence on TSM having pre-existing knowledge of library 
> model architecture. This approach also allows for infinite scalability with 
> no management impact in TSM. 
> 
> Andrew
> Gresham Storage Solutions
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Nick Laflamme
> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 4:08 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] V6.2.3.0 lb device stops working with DataDomain STK 
> L180 virtual library
> 
> Your DataDomain VTL has more than 4400 slots in it. If you can, reduce it to 
> <4400 slots, and it will resume normal behavior. You'll need to delete and 
> recreate the library for this to take effect, but it will work. 
> 
> I've got a PMR open with IBM and a Case open with DataDomain on this issue. I 
> don't have the numbers handy, but IBM and DD are talking to each other about 
> this.
> 
> Nick
> 
> On Nov 2, 2011, at 10:43 AM, Costa, Justino wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I've just upgraded a V6.2.2.2 TIVsmSdev pkg on Solaris x86_64 to
>> v6.2.3.0 and the DataDomain virtual library stopped working !
>> 
>> After downgrading back to v6.2.2.2, it starts working again with no
>> single error whatsoever.
>> 
>> The errors I get (in hundreds) with TIVsmSdev  v6.2.3.0, after starting
>> the server (with TIVsmS still on v6.2.2.2) and executing an "audit libr
>> xxx checkl=barcode" are:
>> 
>> ANR8821E Barcode of element 8224, '    ', exceeds 32 characters in
>> length.
>> ANR8479W Unable to audit slot-element 8224 of library LIB61.
>> 
>> Any ideia of what it might  be ?
>> 
>> thks,
>> Jmc

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