Support for StorageTek AMLs

StorageTek Automated Media Libraries

You can use the following StorageTek AMLs with Robot Save:

• StorageTek L180

• StorageTek MVS File Server

• StorageTek Server Attached

• StorageTek WolfCreek

These instructions are designed to be used in conjunction with the Robot Save User Guide. The User Guide contains a complete discussion of Robot Save AML setup considerations and panels.

Note: If you will be sharing the AML and its volumes with multiple IBM i systems, your AML will be part of a Robot Save data center.

• If you are defining an AML to Robot Save for the first time, the AML name and parameters must be exactly the same on all systems in the data center.

• If you are setting up an AML on a system that is already part of a data center, the AML definition already exists. See the Robot Save User Guide for a discussion on how to select AML drives and connect the system to the AML.

The Automated Media Library Entry panel shows one of the default StorageTek AML definitions shipped with Robot Save. Separate definitions are shipped for each of the AMLs listed above. Copy the appropriate definition for your AML and modify it for your site, as described below.

Field	Description
Name	Enter a generic name for the AML that is meaningful to you. If the AML is being shared by multiple systems in a data center, you must use the same name for the AML on each system. Note: The AML name you enter here does not have to match the StorageTek *RML device description name.
Description	Enter a brief description of this AML or leave the description retrieved from the shipped definition.
Storage Location	Enter a storage location to use for the volumes located in the AML. We recommend you use the name of the AML as the storage location.
This AML has a barcode reader?	Enter Y if the AML has a barcode reader; enter N if there is no barcode reader.
Vary devices off after use?	Accept the default value of Y; all StorageTek AMLs should be varied off after use.
Delay tape ejections	Specify if you want to queue volumes for ejection from the AML. Volumes are ejected from the AML when Robot Save moves them to a location other than the AML location. You can enter one of the following values: 0 No queueing occurs. No volumes are added to the ejection queue until you turn on queueing. 1 Queues volumes that are attached to automatic move sets and are moved to the ejection queue only during auto move processing following a backup or through the RBSAUTOMOV command. The volumes are ejected from the queue at a later time using the RBSEJQVOL command. 2 Queues all volumes that have been moved by Robot Save to a location outside of the AML. Note: Delay tape ejections does not queue volumes moved outside of Robot Save.