With the 3494, if purchased and installed with RS232 host communication
method, you will need an MES to upgrade to TCP/IP communication method.
Need to make sure you have the drivers for the tape drives & library...
see ftp site index.storsys.ibm.com in the /devdrvr directory or somewhere
down from there...
looking for atape___& atldd____
use
        lslpp -l Atape.driver
and
        lslpp -l atldd.driver
to see if already installed (and at what level)
if not happy with current situation, install new poop...
make sure all new hardware is connected
edit /etc/ibmatl.conf to insert new library definition record
run cfgmgr to find new tape drives
use smitty, devices, tape drive, add a tape drive,
        atl      library LAN/TTY Library Management Control Point
to create a new lmcp
use
          Configure a Defined Tape Drive
to make it available
I take it you have unique tape drives for each system !
        make sure you use different scratch & private categories across
different tsm servers

Oh, and Geoff... what is that SAIC charge code I need to use ;-)

Dwight
(cookdw AT saic DOT com)