Re: D/T 3590 vs 3592

2009-08-03 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of R.S. > Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 8:54 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: D/T 3590 vs 3592 > > Dennis McCarthy pisze: > > Hi Everyone,

Re: D/T 3590 vs 3592

2009-08-03 Thread Scott Rowe
SMS managed tape can tell the difference, and is the best way to manage multiple device types. If you do not have an ATL you can define a manual tape library for some or all of your drives to manage allocations. >>> Dennis McCarthy 8/3/2009 9:03 AM >>> Hi Everyone, It appears we will be getti

Re: D/T 3590 vs 3592

2009-08-03 Thread R.S.
Dennis McCarthy pisze: Hi Everyone, It appears we will be getting 3592 tape drives to eventually replace the 3590 MagStar units. I'm told the media for the two devices is not compatible. True. You cannot mount old media in new drive and new media in old drive. However, I'm also told that t

D/T 3590 vs 3592

2009-08-03 Thread Dennis McCarthy
Hi Everyone, It appears we will be getting 3592 tape drives to eventually replace the 3590 MagStar units. I'm told the media for the two devices is not compatible. However, I'm also told that the 3592's are defined as 3590's in the IODF. If this is true, I'm assuming the hex value of the 3592 w