Re: 3590 maintenance

[Roberto José Etcheverry Romero <yggdrasil.raiker@xxxxxxxxx>]

Or, if you have the slots, add a 2844 + 571A/5702 and pop a cheap LTO1/2/3
stand alone tape drive... Anything is better than using a 3590...

Roberto

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 3:13 PM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Always keep a copy of the I_BASE_01 CD, ensuring it's a recent respin.
> There are numerous tape libraries that cannot be used as an alternate IPL
> device.
>
> IBM, and other companies, are often willing to charge you Time and
> Material to fix a tape device.  Look in the neighborhood of $250/hr plus
> parts.  You may want to research ebay for a used model.
>
> I don't think you can map NFS to a PC server and use that for virtual
> tape.
>
> Do you have a fiber card for your 520?  Does your san tape offer switch
> connectivity to it?
>
>
> Rob Berendt
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> From:   John McKee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   11/21/2014 12:20 PM
> Subject:        3590 maintenance
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> We are apparently entering the home stretch on using the 520.  I received
> an email that refers to extending hardware maintenance for 6 momths into
> 2015.  The only gotcha is that the 3590 is not included.
>
> Is there any resource for 3590 maintenance, should it be needed, in what
> may be the last six months?  Currently, it is used weekly for backup, a
> tad
> over 100G.
>
> I had wondered about the possibility of performing a SAVE 21 to a SAN.  I
> do not know if our SAN would be acceptable (to our 520 at v5r4), or how
> (if
> needed) an IPL could be performed.
>
> Any thoughts or links?
>
> John McKee
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