Re: [ADSM-L] Tape library possible replacement - push/pull
2013-01-26 07:45:59
Zoltan,
Please make your life easier by spending the small additional amount to
get ALMS. It makes using the library so much simpler. Also for any
advanced features, such as Storage frames you will find it is required.
I'd suggest you upgrade to TS1140s while you are changing the library.
Using ALMS you can partition the library your 3592E06 (TS1130 format)
tapes are in one partition and the 3592E07 (TS1140) tapes are in
another. This is the recommended way to deal with mixed formats.
Regards
Steve
Steven Harris
TSM Admin
Canberra Australia.
Yep, pretty much that simple.
Check the tapes out of one library, check them into another.
No more complicated than if you are going to a DR site that has a 3584 rather
than a 3494.
TSM doesn't care.
There are some differences in the library management:
If you are talking to the 3494 library interface via TCP/IP now, that changes.
(Some people use the TCP/IP interface, some use a serial cable.)
TSM talks to the 3584 library via the atape drive over the fibre, it has its
own device number/path.
Thomas already mentioned that the 3584 can be partitioned into logical
libraries.
If you have multiple TSM servers or other apps using the 3494, you keep them
separated now by 3494 category codes, those go away.
You have the logical libraries now instead. Carts get assigned to the logical
libraries based on a volser range filter in the library interface.
W
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Subject: [ADSM-L] Tape library possible replacement - push/pull
We are starting to examine the idea of replacing our aging 3494 (installed
1995) due to difficulty in getting parts and having more frequent outages due
to robot issues.
Since we have 17-TS1130 drives, the natural transition would be to a
TS3500/3584.
If we go down this route, one issue might be the floorspace/placement, which
might require a weekend eject-push-pull-reload.
Never having dealt with any tape library other than the 3494, I am trying to
collect as much info as I can on doing a swap-out.
Is it as simple as defining the new library, moving the drives/paths to it,
changing the devclass to point to the new library, checkin everything
(scratch/private)?? Am I missing anything?
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