Again thank you for this additional useful piece of information. But now
this brings up another issue/question.

If I am limited to no more than 255 unassigned tapes,  how do I do a
mass/bulk checkin of my 1200 plus tapes we are transferring from the 3494?

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On Apr 24, 2013 10:34 PM, "Prather, Wanda" <Wanda.Prather AT icfi DOT com> 
wrote:

> Thank you both for the kind words; I think it's just a matter of surviving
> long enough to have all the battle scars - BTDTGTTS.
>
> In the interest of completeness, here's one other thing that is different
> from the 3494:
> When you create your logical libraries, modify the "maximum VIO
> cartridges" setting.
> I believe the default is still 16.
>
> AFAIK, with a 3494 you can just keep stuffing cartridges in the I/O door,
> and it will keep filing them away with an INSERT category code.
>
> In the TS3500 w/ALMS, you put cartridges in the physical I/O door, and the
> library puts them into the "virtual" I/O door of the appropriate library
> partition. But if you put more through the physical door than the library
> has virtual I/O slots (before you do a checkin and clear the virtual I/O
> slots), weirdness will ensue.  Your checkin will not "see" the extra
> cartridges.
>
> I don't' know of any reason not to set the "maximum VIO cartridges" to the
> max setting, which I think is 255.  Somebody else might have a better idea
> if there is a downside to that.
>
> W
>
>
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> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500
>
> Thanks for all the responses - it has been immensely educational and I
> have much less trepidation about the upcoming
> unload-pull-out-3494-push-in-reload-3584 weekend. I am going to miss my
> 3494 - been using it since 1995!
>
> I agree that Wanda has some of the best documentation/experiences with
> TSM, et-al - she should be writing for IBM/Redbooks!
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Arbogast, Warren K <warbogas AT indiana DOT 
> edu
> >wrote:
>
> > Zoltan,
> > The Web Specialist can be used with an https interface, and a physical
> > console to the 3584 is available. I have little experience with the
> > physical console, but you could determine whether it has the features
> > and suits your needs better than the Web Specialist.
> >
> > Wanda just wrote the Red Book on setting up a 3584. It's more
> > complete, easier to comprehend and better organized than anything you
> > will find in the official documentation.
> >
> > With best wishes to all,
> > Keith Arbogast
> > Indiana University
> >
>
>
>
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