>>>Carts get assigned to the logical libraries based on a volser range
filter in the library interface.

No, that's not an absolute restriction, it's just a convenience.  It allows the 
case where operators throw scratch tapes into the physical I/O door and the 
library itself can shift them to the virtual I/O door of the TSM library you 
want them checked in to, assuming the library is partitioned into multiple 
logical libraries.  

How do you get the 3494 library "divided" now so that scratch tapes get the 
category code of the appropriate library?
Or have you implemented 1 library with TSM library sharing, or what?

'Splain, and we'll help you figgur it out....


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-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Zoltan Forray
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 2:08 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> 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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