NAME

ibm3584 - Describes using the IBM 3584 UltraScalable Tape Library with StorageTek QFS or Oracle HSM software. The procedures outlined here do not apply to the IBM TS3500 or TS4500 tape libraries.

AVAILABILITY

SUNWsamfs

DESCRIPTION

The IBM 3584 UltraScalable tape library can be used by StorageTek QFS and Oracle HSM software with few modifications to its typical operations. This man page describes the steps you need to take to use this library effectively. The following topics are described:

Cleaning
Using the IBM 3584 tape library's partitioning feature

CLEANING

The IBM 3584 UltraScalable Tape Library can be used in a StorageTek QFS or Oracle HSM environment, but you need to disable automatic cleaning and enable hosted cleaning. No other modifications need to be made to this library's default configuration.

Host cleaning enables the host to detect the need to clean an Ultrium Tape Drive and to control the cleaning process. Host cleaning with a cleaning cartridge is only supported when you disable automatic cleaning and only for the logical library in which each cleaning cartridge is stored. When you enable automatic cleaning, or when the cleaning cartridge is stored in a different logical library, the host application does not have access to the cleaning cartridge.

When automatic cleaning is disabled, the library continues to detect the need to clean a tape drive. When the need is detected, the library displays the physical location of the drive in the following message:

CLEAN [Fx,Rzz]

The preceding message is interpreted as follows:

F represents the frame, and x represents its number
R represents the row, and xx represents its number

The message clears after you clean the drive by using the supported cleaning method. The cleaning cycle takes less than 2 minutes.

When you enable or disable automatic cleaning, the selected setting is stored in nonvolatile memory and becomes the default during later power-on cycles.

To disable automatic cleaning, perform the following steps:

Ensure that a cleaning cartridge is loaded in the library.

From the library's activity screen, press MENU. The main menu displays, as follows:

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Main Menu           Panel 0002
Library Status
Manual Operations
Settings
Usage Statistics
Vital Product Data
Service

[BACK]  [UP]  [DOWN]  [ENTER]
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Press UP and DOWN to highlight Settings. Press ENTER. The Settings menu displays, as follows:

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Settings             Panel 0100
Configuration
Cleaning Mode
Display∕Change SCSI IDs
Add∕Remove Control Paths
Date∕Time
Sounds

[BACK]  [UP]  [DOWN]  [ENTER]
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Press UP or DOWN to highlight Cleaning Mode. Press ENTER. The Cleaning Mode screen displays and indicates whether automatic cleaning is currently enabled or disabled.

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Cleaning Mode        Panel 0110
Automatic Cleaning is ENABLED
Disable Automatic Cleaning
[BACK]  [ENTER]
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The ENTER key acts as a toggle switch for the two choices. Press ENTER until Disable Automatic Cleaning is highlighted. You should receive the following message:

If you continue you will set the Automatic Cleaning Mode to DISABLED. If you disable automatic cleaning you should ensure that each logical library has at least one cleaning cartridge since host-initiated cleaning can not use a cleaning cartridge located in a different logical library. Do you want to continue?
Press YES to disable automatic cleaning. The Cleaning Mode screen redisplays with the new setting.
Press BACK until you return to the Activity screen from step 1.

PARTITIONING

If your IBM 3584 tape library contains 2 or more drives, it can be partitioned into 2 or more logical libraries. If you have partitioned this library, make sure that it is operating as you configured it prior to installing any StorageTek QFS or Oracle HSM software. For more information on partitioning this library, see your IBM documentation. This subsection describes aspects of using the partitioning feature with the StorageTek QFS and Oracle HSM software.

When a cartridge is exported (as opposed to being placed in the drawer by a human), only the partition from which it was exported can access that drawer slot. If the cartridge is removed and re-inserted by a human, it is accessable to any∕all partitions. The act of removal referred to in this subsection consists of the following steps:

Open door.
Remove cartridge(s).
Close door.
Wait for door to lock and then unlock.
Open door.
Replace cartridge(s).
Close door.

NOTES

Much of the text on this man page was derived from the IBM 3584 UltraScalable Tape Library Planning and Operator Guide, IBM publication GA32-0408-01, copyright IBM Corporation 2000.