A customers operations staff is responsible for inserting new logical volumes for the IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700. Which resource provides the most comprehensive information on how to perform these functions?
A customer is considering installing IBM TS1130 Tape Drives attached to a single IBM 3592-C06 Tape Controller in their IBM TS3500 Tape Library. The TS1130 Tape Drives will connect to the z/OS hosts with two 2Gbps FICON Express channels. What is the MINIMUM number of TS1130 Tape Drives that, when writing uncompressed data, can fully utilize the channel bandwidth?
A customer has an IBM TotalStorage VTS Model B20 with maximum cache, four FICON channels, and eight IBM 3592 drives installed. While overall performance is excellent, it degrades significantly during the later stages of batch processing when tape output peaks. After performance analysis it has been determined that the bandwidth requirement during batch processing exceeds the sustained data rate of the VTS. Which upgrade is most likely to resolve this problem?
The IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Server is experiencing performance problems during certain time periods. The customer has determined that the compression ratio during these periods is nearly 1:1. What is the most likely cause of the poor compression ratio?
A customer is installing an IBM System Storage TS3500 Tape Library. Intermittent I/O errors have prevented the customer from placing the library into production. IBM Service has replaced multiple parts and all software drivers and configuration definitions have been verified. The customer requires tape drives immediately. Which action should the client representative take next?
A customer installed an IBM Systems Storage TS3500 Tape Library with native IBM TS1120 Tape Drives, and an IBM TS7700 Virtualization Engine with four drives. What should be done to increase scratch mount performance?
A client wants to establish a long-term archiving solution, using the IBM Information Archive starting with a one frame TS3500 Tape Library. What is the most important factor limiting the ability to scale the archiving capacity?