Altering a 3995 optical library

You can use the optical library alter option to alter the attributes of an existing optical library. Altering a library results in updating the library definition within the specified SCDS and the attributes stored in the OAM configuration database. The alter option is available only when the OAM address space is NOT active.

You can modify an optical library to change its definition in the OAM configuration database by using the 3995 LIBRARY ALTER panel, Figure 1 and Figure 2. To modify an optical library, start from the Library Application Selection panel, shown in Figure 3, and specify the name of the SCDS containing the optical library you want to change. Specify the optical library name and select option 4, ALTER. ISMF displays the appropriate library alter panel.

Figure 1. 3995 Library Alter Panel (Page 1 of 2)
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                              3995 LIBRARY ALTER                Page 1 of 2
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 SCDS Name  . :SCDS.PRIMARY
 Library Name :LIBRARY1
 Library Type :REAL

 To ALTER Library, Specify:
   Description ==>
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   Model Number  . . . . .  133
   Base Device Number  . . 0940     (Valid base device number)
   Controlling Library . .          (Library Name)        (if expansion unit)
   Default Media Type  . . 3995
   Default Pseudo Library.          (Pseudo Library name)

 Use ENTER to Perform Verification; Use DOWN Command to View next Panel;
 Use HELP Command for Help; Use END Command to Save and Exit; CANCEL to Exit.

The following fields can be modified on the 3995 Library Alter panel (Page 1 of 2) to alter the 3995 library definition in the specified SCDS and in the OAM configuration database for LIBRARY1.

MODEL NUMBER
Indicates the model number of the optical library. You can only change this field for 3995-1xx models. You cannot change the model number if the following conditions exist:
  • The requested library is a PSEUDO library.
  • The original library is one of the following model numbers: C3A, C1x, or C3x.
    Note: For simplicity, this publication refers to the following 3995 library models as C1x and C3x respectively: C12, C16, C18, C32, C34, C36, C38.
  • The new model number specified is one of the following model numbers: C3A, SW3, SW4, C3x.

If you change the model number of a 3995-13x to that of another -13x model (for example, changing a model number from 131 to 133), you must perform the following steps:

  1. Delete any existing operator-accessible drive from the SCDS before you change the model number if one had been previously defined as part of the 3995-13x optical library model.
  2. Change the model number.
  3. Redefine the operator-accessible drive by specifying the pseudo optical library name.
  4. Repeat the above steps for other SCDSs that have the operator-accessible drive defined in them. These other SCDSs must have the same new model number so that they can be validated.
    Note: If the model 3995-13x optical library has a model 3995-11x optical library expansion unit connected to it before the MODEL NUMBER field is changed, it continues to be connected after the MODEL NUMBER field is changed. The model number of the connected optical library expansion unit is also changed accordingly. For example, changing the model number from 131 to 132 also changes the model number of all attached drives in the library and expansion units.

If you change the MODEL NUMBER field from a -1xx to any other -1xx model (for example, changing the model number from a 111 to a 112), you must perform the following steps:

  1. Change the optical library name in the CONTROLLING LIBRARY field to the appropriate corresponding -13x controlling library name.

    The system recalculates the base device number of the optical library and all the attached optical disk drives based on the base device number of the new controlling library specified.

  2. Change the model number.

If you change the MODEL NUMBER field from a -13x model number to a -11x model number (for example, changing the model number from a 131 to a 111), you must perform the following steps:

  1. Delete any existing operator-accessible drive from the SCDS that was previously defined as part of the 3995-13x optical library model.
  2. Use the DELETE line operator to delete any connected -11x optical library before you change the model number.
  3. Fill in the CONTROLLING LIBRARY field with the new controlling library name (3995-13x) to validate the controlling library.

    The system recalculates the base device number of the optical libraries and all of the attached optical disk drives based on the base device number of the new controlling library.

If you change the MODEL NUMBER field from a -11x model number to a -13x model number (for example, changing from a model number 113 to a 133), you must perform the following steps:

  1. Fill in the BASE DEVICE NUMBER field with a valid 3995 device number.
  2. Blank out the CONTROLLING LIBRARY NAME field.
    Note: If you are changing the model number to 131 or 132 from model 113, then the DEFAULT MEDIA TYPE field is blanked out. If you are changing the model number to 133 from model 111 or 112, then the DEFAULT MEDIA TYPE field is displayed as "3995".
BASE DEVICE NUMBER
Changes to the base device number for a 3995 optical controlling library has the following results:
  • All the base device numbers for all connected optical disk drives are recalculated based on the new base device number specified.
  • All the base device numbers for any connected 3995 optical library expansion units are recalculated based on the new base device number specified.
  • All the base device numbers for all the optical disk drives connected to the attached optical library expansion units are recalculated based on the new base device number specified.
Note: You cannot manually change the base device number for a 3995 optical library expansion unit model because this number is derived by the system based on the controlling library to which it is attached.
CONTROLLING LIBRARY
Changes to the CONTROLLING LIBRARY field for a connected 3995 library expansion unit model, has the following result:
  • The new controlling library is verified. The library base device number of the connected 3995 optical library expansion unit and all of the attached optical disk drives are recalculated based on the base device number of the new 3995 controlling library model whose name is specified in the CONTROLLING LIBRARY field.
DEFAULT MEDIA TYPE
Changes to the DEFAULT MEDIA TYPE field restrict the type of optical media that can be used for the 3995 optical libraries with multifunction optical disk drives.
DEFAULT PSEUDO LIBRARY
Changes to the DEFAULT PSEUDO LIBRARY field might result in the volume being associated with a different pseudo library when it is ejected from this real library.
Figure 2. 3995 Library Alter Panel (Page 2 of 2)
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                              3995 LIBRARY ALTER                Page 2 of 2
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 SCDS Name  . :SCDS.PRIMARY
 Library Name :LIBRARY1
 Library Type :REAL

   Initial Online Status (Yes, No, or Blank):
     SYSTEM1  ===> YES  SYSTEM2  ===> NO   SYSTEM3  ===> NO   SYSTEM4  ===>
     SYSTEM5  ===>      SYSTEM6  ===>      SYSTEM7  ===>      SYSTEM8  ===>
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 Use ENTER to Perform Verification; Use UP Command to View previous Panel;
 Use HELP Command for Help; Use END Command to Save and Exit; CANCEL to Exit.

The following field can be modified on the 3995 Library Alter panel (Page 2 of 2) to alter the 3995 library system connection definition in the specified SCDS and in the OAM configuration database for LIBRARY1.

INITIAL ONLINE STATUS
To change the system connectivity, or the online or offline status for the library, or both, alter the values on page 2 of 2 of the 3995 Library Alter panel (see Figure 2). A library can be defined as connected to any system that is defined in the SCDS, whether it was originally defined to that system or not. The library status is set to this value each time this SCDS is activated. The library must be connected to at least one system. Only one library can be online and connected (YES) to any system at a time. The default is blank. The following values can be used to specify initial online status:
  • YES — online and connected to the system
  • NO — offline and connected to the system
  • blank — offline and not connected to the system.