5.1.1.1. 3494 PVR Specific Configuration5.1.1.1.1. 3494 PVR Specific Configuration Window
Field Descriptions
Cartridge Capacity. The total number of cartridge slots in the library dedicated to this HPSS PVR. This
may or may not be the total cartridge capacity of the library; a site might use part of the librar y for some
other HPSS PVR or for some non-HPSS application. The PVR uses the Cartridge Capacity field and
the Cartridge Alarm Threshold field to determine when to send an alarm that the total cartridge
threshold has been exceeded.
Cartridge Alarm Threshold. The percentage of the Cartridge Capacity at which the PVR will send an
alarm.
Same Job on Controller, Other Job on Controller, & Distance To Drive. These values are used by the
PVR when selecting a drive for a tape mount operation. The three values are essentiall y weights that are
used to compute an overall score for each possible drive. After the score has been calc ulated, the drive
with the lowest score is selected for the mount. If two or more drives tie for the lowest score , one drive is
selected at random. The score is calculated as follows:
Score =
Weight 1 * Cartridges from this job mounted on this drive’s controller +
Weight 2 * Cartridges from other jobs mounted on this drive’s controller +
Weight 3 * Units of distance from the cartridge to the drive
This method has the effect of distributing a striped tape mount across as many controllers as possible for
the best performance. It also will try to pick controllers that are currently driving a minimum number of
tapes. So, in an environment with many tape drives per controller, the best performance will be achi eved
by minimizing the load on any one controller.
The Distance To Drive helps minimize mount times by mounting the tape in a physically close drive.
For IBM robots, the time it takes to move a cartridge to a more distant drive is not significant, so the
default value here is fairly low. The unit of distance for a 3494 library is one frame. All other things
being equal, the tape will be mounted in the closest drive. However, if the closest drive is attached to a
heavily used controller, then a more distant drive will be selected.
Shelf Tape Check-In Retry. The number of seconds the PVR will wait before asking the robot if a
requested shelf tape has been checked-in. The PVR will continue checking at this inter val until the tape is
checked-in. This field applies only if the Support Shelf Tape checkbox is selected. The retry value must
be 30 or greater.
Shelf Tape Check-In Alarm. The PVR will periodically log alarm messages when a requested shel f tape
has not been checked-in. This field specifies the number of minutes between alarms. This fi eld applies
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