If I understand you correctly, the answer is yes and I do this daily. I have 3-tape libraries (1-3493 2-3583) and they are shared by all 4-TSM servers (2-AIX and 2-Linux) across our SAN.
1-AIX server is the Library Manager for the 3494-ATL and the other AIX server is the LM for the 2-3583 libraries. Now that we have our new 3592E05 drives installed in the 3494, they are used exclusively by the AIX TSM server that owns the 2-LTO libraries (since the LTO libraries are so problematic and constantly fail - we are phasing out their usage to just offsite copies), not the AIX server that owns/manages the 3494, via IP connection. All traffic is across the SAN. The various servers intercommunication to juggle the resources. For instance, server A will ask server B for a drives and scratch tape. Once server B finished that part, it turns control over to server A, who then sends the data over the SAN and tracks the tapes it uses, in it's own database. Server B volhist shows the tape as being in "REMOTE" status, i.e. used by another server. Kurt Beyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> 09/12/2006 02:31 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject [ADSM-L] setup library client manager LAN Hello, I've got a question about the setup of a library client and manager. Both TSM servers are of the version 5.3.2 and run on AIX. * The library manager would run on TSM server A that has access to the library across the SAN. * The library client would run on TSM server B and has no access to the library of TSM server A across the SAN, the TSM server B has it's own library. Is it possible to send backups on TSM server B to the library on TSM server A. The backup would then go over the LAN. In the admin guide I only find a discussion about 'Configuring SCSI libraries shared among servers on a SAN'. Nothing is found about sharing a library across the LAN. Is such a setup possible at all? Thanks in advance for the responses. Best regards, Kurt
