I have implemented the TSM Library Manager feature. I have 14 drives shared among 4 TSM servers. When I tried the categories and use whatever was available if tsmsvr1 tried for drive 1 a couple of times and tsmsvr2 was using it then tsmsvr1 marked it offline. It made for a huge mess. Now I definitely have to keep tsmsvr2 (the server manager) up all the time unless I am booting the other servers. Occasionally I have had a check out for tsmsvr1 show successful yet the tapes don't come out because there were not enough drives. occasionally I have also had where you have to cycle the tsm software because there seems to be some communication problems. Generally that was when the operators didn't reply to the checkout and the checkout timed out. If I had a choice of whether to go back or not I wouldn't. This made things so much easier in the long run. My tsm server are running with one on an S85, two on a 6M1, and one on an S85 with all of them running aix 4.3.3 and after this weekend all of them running tsm 5.1 (two are still tsm 4.1.2)
-----Original Message----- From: Joshua Bassi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 10:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 3494 Partitioning or TSM Library Manager All, I am deploying 3 new TSM server on a single p690 LPAR. There is a 3494 with 32-tape drives attached to the system. I have a choice to make whether to use the old 3494 category scheme to separate my 3 TSM servers or should I use the TSM Library Manger feature to control access to all 32 tape drives? First of all, how many customers are using the Library Manager feature of TSM? What kind of caveats are there in deploying this feature? How well does the automatic tape drive allocation work? Thanks in advance. -- Joshua S. Bassi IBM Certified - AIX 4/5L, SAN, Shark Tivoli Certified Consultant -ADSM/TSM eServer Systems Expert -pSeries HACMP AIX, HACMP, Storage, TSM Consultant Cell (831) 595-3962 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
