RE: 3590 upgrade

["DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim,

I think there was a microcode update that was required for some 3590-E
drives.  I seem to recall that this malfunctioning microcode had to be
updated before the drive worked properly.  Below is an PTF(MF26423) for V4R5
that updates the microcode...

http://www-912.ibm.com/a_dir/as4ptf.NSF/ba69c1e74e2b109e862566ba005a8698/1a7
08d7f07f291a886256a220047bd46?OpenDocument

Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Project Manager (BSG)
940-898-7863 or ext. 1863



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Damato [mailto:jdamato@dollargeneral.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 9:56 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: 3590 upgrade
>
>
> This is probably a RTFM question.
>
> We just upgraded a 3590-B11 to a 3590-E11 with extended media
> support.  The
> CE completed the upgrade, then we were unable to really use the drive
> because it detects all our old 3590 cartridges as 3490
> format.  We haven't
> done much real hardware stuff in a while so it slipped my
> mind that we would
> have to change the device description to reflect the new model.  I've
> deleted the device description and tried to recreate it as an
> E model, but
> the CRTDEVTAP command ends up re-creating the B model device
> (and not giving
> a warning or error).  I've found that the resource name for
> the device is
> also defined as a B model.  Poking around in SST I can see
> that I can delete
> or create resource, but not change them.
>
> 1)    Can I write down all the information for the original resource,
> delete it and recreate it in SST, and then create the new tape device?
>
> 2)    Would auto config take care of this, and, if so, would
> it require an
> IPL?
>
> 3)    The 3590 upgrade was purchased new, with installation.
> Should my CE
> have known how to set up the device/resource on the system,
> and should he
> have done so?  Ever since they started cross training RS/6000
> engineers and
> AS/400 engineers I've found that a lot of them are just board-swappers
> without a lot of useful knowledge.  I'm no longer sure where to set my
> expectations.
>
> Much thanks in advance...
>
> James P. Damato
> Manager - Technical Administration
> Dollar General Corporation
> (615) 855-4375
> <mailto:jdamato@dollargeneral.com>
>
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