… Tape System Library Manager V1.1 …

IBM Corp.‘s Tape System Library Manager Version 1.1 expands and simplifies the use of IBM TS3500 tape libraries by providing a consolidated view of multiple libraries capable of storing up to 2.7EB and reducing tape pathing maintenance and definitions by up to 75%.

The software provides consolidation and simplification benefits in an open systems IBM TS3500 Tape Library environment. The Tape System Library Manager software is utilized in production environments as a service offering called eRMM (enterprise Removable Media Manager).

Tape System Library Manager provides:

• Consolidated mainframe-class media management services
• Centralized repository, access control, and administration
• Management beyond physical library boundaries
• Access multiple TS3500s as a single library image
• TS3500s can be separate (at SAN distances) or connected in a shuttle complex
• Dynamic sharing of resources across heterogeneous application boundaries
• Security features to permit or prevent application access to tapes
• Create common scratch pool and private pools for every application
• Ensure secure usage and visibility
• Policy-based drive and cartridge allocation
• Policy-based media-lifecycle management
• Tivoli Storage Manager enhancements
• Simplify path management in TSM
• Simplify device sharing
• Emulation of legacy 3494 library operation with TS3500s

Key prerequisites
IBM TS3500 Library

Server running one of the following OS:

• AIX 6.1
• AIX 7.1
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 (RHEL 5.7)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (SLES 11)
• Client running one of the following operating systems:
• AIX 6.1
• AIX 7.1
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 (RHEL 5.7)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (SLES 11)
• Windows server 2008
• Solaris 10 for SPARC processor
• HP-UX 11i v3

Planned availability date
June 8, 2012