Hi,

I am pretty sure it depends on your support contract. Upgrading drive/library 
firmware is customer resp. Unless stated otherwise.

Kind regards,
Karel 

----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
Van: Remco Post <r.post AT PLCS DOT NL>
Verzonden: dinsdag 30 april 2013 19:46
Aan: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Onderwerp: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

On 30 apr. 2013, at 19:33, Zoltan Forray <zforray AT VCU DOT EDU> wrote:

> Sounds like something from the 3-Stooges ;-)
> 
> No HA here - could barely afford the upgrade.  Besides, I though library
> firmware was IBM's responsibility?  My drives are fairly current and will
> upgrade to the latest, just to be sure.
> 

I'm not sure, but you can download the lib firmware from the IBM support site, 
and my CE's have naver complained that we do it ourself. Welcome to the world 
of midrange I guess.

> 
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Remco Post <r.post AT plcs DOT nl> wrote:
> 
>> be sure to get the latest firmware... in a HA lib the accessors might
>> collide at full speed when accessing the cap with older versions of the
>> firmware. Yes, that'll give carnage in your lib, pieces of accessors and
>> grippers flying around.....
>> 
>> On 30 apr. 2013, at 19:14, Zoltan Forray <zforray AT VCU DOT EDU> wrote:
>> 
>>> As long as it has good brakes!  I remember one tech working on our 3494
>>> with the side panel off.  The accessor nearly took his head off....  Once
>>> the "stop here" switch at the end of the frame broke off and the accessor
>>> nearly jumped out....
>>> 
>>> At this point with TSM being the sole user, speed is not an issue -
>>> reliability is (thus the reason to replace the 3494).
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Prather, Wanda <Wanda.Prather AT icfi DOT 
>>> com
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Oh yeah!! Everybody has that reaction.
>>>> It's zippy.
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
>>>> Behalf
>> Of
>>>> Richard Rhodes
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 11:57 AM
>>>> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>>>> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500
>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for the details.  So, there really isn't that big of a
>>>>> difference from the 3494 to the 3584 other than the lack of an
>>>>> internal PC/LM and a redesigned, mostly plastic picke


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