Hi George!  Long time no E!

It's a config issue (or an operator issue, depending on your point of view)

You can set the number of "virtual" I/O slots for the library from the library 
web interface.
If you are going to eject or enter more than 32 carts at once, you should 
increase the number of "virtual" I/O slots to a bigger number (up to 224).
I don't know of any downside to doing that, except that you will also need to 
stop and restart TSM, so that it will pick up the new I/O slot ids.

W


 

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
George Huebschman
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 3:47 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Virtual I/O in TS3500

I am encountering problems with TSM due to what I think is a problem with my 
TS3500 library.
When I load 32 or more tapes, TSM chokes when running a process that checks out 
tapes.  It shows all the I/O ports to be full.
I CAN load more than 32 tapes.  The library dutifully unloads the physical I/O 
and slots the tapes.
However, multiple check-in commands are required to process all of the 
cartridges.

We do have virtual I/O enabled on the library.
        I tried toggling it off then back on.
The library only shows 32 I/O slots.
The manual says that up to 224 cartridges can be loaded.

The same hang-up occur if the doors are open when a tape needs to be ejected, 
or if the physical I/O slots actually are full of tapes.
Is this a setup/configuration problem or a call to IBM?

George Huebschman (George H.)
(301) 699-4013
(301) 875-1227 (Cell)



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