Hi all, I submitted a RFE for TSM regarding the behavior of copy pools.
You can find the RFE via http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRFEs and search for RFE ID 17805. I'd like to invite all off you to vote on this RFE if you find it useful, so that development can get a good idea of how important this FRE would be to the customers. Below you find the input I submitted: Description: For one storage pool to be an exact replica of another pool and be equivalent in every way, to the extend that if one pool becomes unavailable all activity continues on the remaining pool, including write activity. This would also involve changing the behavior of commands like delete volume, migration, etc. Use case: In a dual-site setup with two tape libraries, one would want operations to continue as seamless as possible in case of a site disaster. Current copy storage pools can't be promoted to primary pools, so with the current technology one has to create new storage pools on the second site, even though a copy storage pool is already available. Business justification: there are many dual site setup with IBM and its customers. All data in a TSM server environment (disk) can be mirrored, but as soon as the primary tape storage pools become unavailable, there is a lot of manual intervention involved before normal operations can continue. -- Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards, Remco Post r.p...@plcs.nl +31 6 248 21 622
