We have not normally performed any "preventive" maintenance - only addressed issues as they came up.
The most common "maintenance" we have performed is the blue track/frame alignment. Once the robot starts making too many/loud clickety-clack noises (louder than usually) or shows slow-downs, especially going inter-frame, that is recommended. Another factor is your tape count growth. When we first started using our 12-frame library, we didn't have many tapes (>4000 capacity). Our primary tapes were 3490 and 3590 so the capacity wasn't that great. As we kept adding tapes and filling up the library, we started having issues with the robot reading slots due to the door racks/cells sagging. So, IBM realigned the slot frames on each door. If you have one of the really old libraries or it hasn't been upgraded, the robot worm-gear used to need lubrication. IBM got smart and replaced it with a teflon coated gear which never needs lubrication. Another procedure that IBM once used when trying to figure out a difficult problem was aligning all frames using a plumb and laser-level to make sure all frames are at the same level as well as tracking the robot travel from one end to the other. HTH From: Remco Post <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 04/08/2010 12:21 PM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] IBM 3584 preventive maintenance schedule Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> On 8 apr 2010, at 16:12, Lamb, Charles P. wrote: > Hi............. > > Would anyone know what the IBM 3584 preventive maintenance schedule should be and what that entails?? If you find out, could you tell us? Enterprise libraries should not need much in terms of preventive maintenance. I can't remember of doing anything preventive ever on powderhorns, SL8500s or 3494s.... -- Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards, Remco Post [email protected] +31 6 248 21 622
