That was my initial intention, but the mainframe guys (its a shared frame in which I have 200 slots and 2 drives) looked at me funny when I asked them to login to the interface they carved it up with and asked them to mount a tape for me..... "that's not possible, with the web interface, you do all that with Tivoli..."
I'm thinking they think I'll be asking them to mount tapes up for me all the time and won't even look to see if you can do it with the web interface. I cannot imagine that its not possible, but I don't have access.
Big Sigh.....
-Bob
Nils Vogels wrote:
You can always try to just insert a tape in a drive, it should load ... then you can dump all you want, as long as the robotics dont touch it ..
Since you said it was about testing the datapath .... that should do it ;)
On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:55 AM, Robert Borowicz rob-7704@austin.rr.com wrote:
Thanks Steve,
That is entirely what I thought but, if there was a way, I figured the answer would be out here.
Sigh,
So I'm building a new TSM host for my shop to run manage the 3500, but I'm also leaving this position in 2 weeks... I wanted to see this work at least in theory (IE: Filer dump direct to the drive I now see there via X2051A) , and now realize I have to step up my time table if I want to see it all work, and finish the Solaris 10 host, install HBA, Zone it, install Tivoli, config NDMP in Tivoli....
Thanks for the bad news. :-)
-Bob
Parsons, Steve wrote:
Bob,
Data ONTAP(R) has no console commands for manipulating the changer. Library operations are expected to be done via NDMP or through a separate management interface into the library.
Steve Parsons Storage Drivers NetApp, Inc.
-----Original Message----- From: Robert K. Borowicz [mailto:rob-7704@austin.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 10:00 AM To: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: IBM 3500 Library commands from Nearstore R200
I've just added a SAN based IBM 3500 (with 3592 EO5 drives in it) to my Nearstore R200 running 7.2.4. I now see a changer "mc0" on the filer.
I'd like to test the datapath to the drive from the filer and run a filer dump command, but the IBM guys say there is no way to mount a tape
via their web interface. (I have yet to configure the changer in Tivoli)
Is there autochanger commands in OnTap ? I want to mount a tape via OnTap. I don't see any reference in the Data Protection Guide....
TIA
-Bob