> I'm planning implementing a fibre connected shared tape library between our
> AIX systems. A question I have is about the path of the data. ie if I have
> the client using the network free backup does it travel:
>
> Client > TSM Server > Tape drive or
> Client > Tape drive
>
> If the data is t
There are a number of ways to do this, without moving the data across the
LAN.
1. Use the SAN Storage Agent on the TSM Client side to move the data from
SAN disk to SAN tape. The meta data goes from the TSM Client to the TSM
server over the LAN. There are limitations with this because SAN agents
