Re: 3590 maintenance

V5R4 is not listed here anymore.
http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/resave/index.html

Do you have access to ESS (aka Entitled Software Support)?
I just checked. I could still download 545 or 540
https://www-304.ibm.com/servers/eserver/ess/ProtectedServlet.wss

Confirm T/M with your local CE.

Casual glance at ebay showed some 3590's going for $299.95. IDK your
exact model desired, interface, etc. Compare that with monthly
maintenance that IBM jacks up to encourage you to upgrade tape libraries.
Been more than one person who just keeps a backup on site.
This was really popular with the 'high speed' printers. We've not had one
of those in decades but maintenance on them was so high that I knew of a
few people who just bought up what they could find on the used market and
that was their maintenance plan.

Rob Berendt
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From: John McKee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 11/21/2014 01:32 PM
Subject: Re: 3590 maintenance
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Is a recent respin of v5r4 even available? All I know about is the
original I_BASE_01 from 2006. No idea where that might even be located.
Bad story.

No fiber card. No idea what is even available on SAN. Trying to be
prepared.

If IBM supports 3590 based on time and materials, is this even a problem?
Only failure, so far, has been single disk, on two ocassions. Maybe a
power supply. I don't want to be an alarmist, but want to make sure the
bases are covered as best as possible, for the short period remaining.

John McKee

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 12:13 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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IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1
Group Dekko
Dept 1600
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Garrett, IN 46738
Ship to: Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com





From: John McKee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 11/21/2014 12:20 PM
Subject: 3590 maintenance
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



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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