Thanks for the details/reassurance. This sheds some light on possible
issues that would make it difficult to do a push/pull, right now.
>>>Carts get assigned to the logical libraries based on a volser range
filter in the library interface.
If this is a absolute restriction, this is going to be a pain/problem.
While I currently have my 3494 "divided" between two TSM servers for
offsite/onsite, they are also "mostly" divided by tape type JA (onsite) and
JB (offsite). I use the word "mostly" since I often have had to shift
tapes between the offsite and onsite "libraries" due to shortage of tapes
in one "library" or the other. We can't just go out and buy tapes when
needed due to cost, bidding requirements (last time we needed tapes is took
2-months) and such. We often have departments that will suddenly dump
multiple terabytes of new data/backups on us (one backup running right now
up to 2.5TB new and will probably go to >7TB)
Looks like I have some work to do before we even think about such a
move......
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Prather, Wanda <Wanda.Prather AT icfi DOT
com>wrote:
> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Zoltan Forray
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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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