The ability to support multiple drive types in StorageTek ACSLS or LibStation libraries is enabled through the use of the external library manager interface and an external library manager. By presenting multiple virtual libraries through this interface, you can enable TSM to use multiple drive types. This is valid for all TSM levels.
- Chris Young -----Original Message----- From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 7:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ACSLS or Native TSM manager We run AIX 4.3.3, have gone from TSM 3.1 to 3.7 to 4.1 to 4.2.1.5..... Etc. On ADSM 3.1, you needed ACSLS to support some types of devices that ADSM didn't support native. And at one time you could put two types of drives in the library if you used ACSLS, and TSM doesn't support that with native SCSI (and I'm not sure you can still do this at TSM 5.x, even with ACSLS). Once we evolved past those 2 requirements, we dropped ACSLS and went to TSM's native SCSI support. It's a much simpler configuration and works just dandy if TSM is the only application using the library. -----Original Message----- From: Dameon White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 2:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ACSLS or Native TSM manager We just bought a used STK L700 with 4 DLT7000 drives. We have TSM 5.1.5.2 on AIX and I am confused as to why/if I would need to use ACSLS to manage the library? Does ACSLS provide any features not available with TSM's native library manager? We will want to share this L700 with another TSM server and I can't see why native scsci library won't be a good choice? Any advice? Dameon
