ADSM-L

Re: Label length on 3584 Library

2006-07-09 10:14:23
Subject: Re: Label length on 3584 Library
From: David Longo <David.Longo AT HEALTH-FIRST DOT ORG>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 10:13:38 -0400
The label lenght can be changed. There is an option on the 3584
Specialist Web Interface to change to 6 char volser reporting.

However, you may not want to do that.  If I understand your
setup, you have LTO2 tapes with 6 char in old library.   New 3584
only has LTO3 drives.  You want to move old tapes to new library
and migrate data fcrom LTO2 to LTO3 tapes?

Leave 8 char on library.  New LTO3 tapes will be 8 char(Best
practices goin gfdorward is to use 8 char as is simpler for TSM
and others to distinguish tapes/drives.

If you have AIX platform for TSM, the Atape driver for LTO3
adds an option to SMIT.  In Devices, change/show characteristics
for the Library Medium Changer, there is an option, something like
"Enable 6 char volser reporting for LTO1/LTO2 tapes".
There is probably some similar parameter for other platforms.

So this allows 3584 and LTO3 tapes to stay at 8 char, but older
LTO1/2 tapes will be 6 char.  I have had all 3 drives and tape classes
in my 3584 in ONE Logical Library and it works.

Try a few tapes of each type and see.



David B. Longo
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Health First, Inc.
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>>> STUART.PITT AT RWENPOWER DOT COM 07/09/06 7:32 AM >>>
Hi Guys,

Anyone know if it's possible to change the label length from 8 to 6 on the
3584 library. The reason I ask is that we are migrating from an HP
712e(lto2) library which has the label length set to 6 and were planning on
putting the LTO2 tapes from this library into the 3584 library which has
LTO3 drives. If I cant change this them I'm going to have to run the
librarys side by side until all the data is migrated.

Freundliche Grüße / Kind regards 
Stuart Pitt, 
IBM Certified Deployment Professional TSM 5.2
IBM Certified Storage Administrator TSM 5
Data Management and Implementation      
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