Agree too, but ... (how many times we start like that :-)
even I, with an experience both in the area and with IBM sites, hardly
will come in mind to look in the Drives section. A newbie with less
patience most probably will rely on Library section only and later will
open call with support.
But this is matter of site's ergonomy and is nearly off topic :-) And who
am I trying to teach mighty and wise Big Blue ;-)

Zlatko Krastev
IT Consultant






"Peter Pijpelink - P.L.C.S. BV Storage Consultants" <tsm AT PLCS DOT NL>
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Agree, but if you look at the
http://www-3.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBM_TSM_Supported_Devices_for_AIXHPSUNWIN.html#LTO%20Tape%20Drives

page you see  a seperate section about other drives in a library., since
th
TSM device driver controlls the library, then the drives section should
matter and tell you what to  use.

Peter


At 13:19 16-6-2003 +0300, Zlatko Krastev/ACIT wrote:
>Yes, I've opened the list and followed the link for L700 before to submit
>my post. Just checked to see was it changed recently. No detailed info
and
>having "Base" on the list can easily mislead to usage of TSM driver.
>
>Zlatko Krastev
>IT Consultant
>
>
>
>
>
>
>"Peter Pijpelink - P.L.C.S. BV Storage Consultants" <tsm AT PLCS DOT NL>
>Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>16.06.2003 12:52
>Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
>
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>         To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>         cc:
>         Subject:        Re: StorageTek L40 with Generation 2 LTO
>
>
>I found that I had to login to see this list, strange also that someone
>needs an ID to see what hardware is working with a software product.
>
>Anyway, I saw several descriptions of the STK libraries with the
differant
>tapedrive vendors mentioned.
>
>Did you also saw the list with a key symbol on the left.
>
>Peter
>
>
>At 10:06 16-6-2003 +0300, Zlatko Krastev/ACIT wrote:
> >Actually, that page is slightly misleading. Because StorageTek can
equip
> >their libraries with any vendor LTO drives you may need different
driver
> >and the site specifies only one of them. For STK with IBM LTO drives,
OS
> >native IBM driver should be used. For STK with HP or Seagate drives,
TSM
> >driver should be used. IMO there ought to be two lines - STK w/ IBM and
> >STK w/ HP/Seagate.
> >For example when we installed STK L700e at a customer site, we had to
> >disreagard the "info" for L700, stating TSM driver. The library was
with
> >IBM drives and Atape.driver was the correct choice.
> >
> >Zlatko Krastev
> >IT Consultant
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU>
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> >15.06.2003 22:56
> >Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
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> >
> >         To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> >         cc:
> >         Subject:        Re: StorageTek L40 with Generation 2 LTO
> >
> >
> >To add slightly to what Zlatko advised...
> >
>
>http://www-3.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBM_TSM_Supported_
> Devices_for_AIXHPSUNWIN.html
> >specifies the levels and specifics you need.  Note that IBM specifies
in
> >RED that
> >the IBM device driver is needed.
> >
> >As always, refer to the lastest server README file for such new stuff,
> >wherein the LTO Generation 2 Support is outlined.
> >
> >   Richard Sims, BU