Re: Resourceutilization allows more tape mounts than

2008-09-25 Thread Richard Sims
On Sep 25, 2008, at 11:12 AM, Richard Sims wrote: ... in the presence of multiple management classes and absence of DIRMc, it is not the case that directories inherently go to the default management class: the TSM architectural convention is that they go to the management class where the copy gr

Re: Resourceutilization allows more tape mounts than

2008-09-25 Thread Richard Sims
On Sep 25, 2008, at 10:49 AM, Schneider, John wrote: Richard, We don't use the DIRMc option, because our policies are simple enough that the default management class is the right place to put the directories, and they all go to the same media, which in this case is virtual tape.

Re: Resourceutilization allows more tape mounts than

2008-09-25 Thread Schneider, John
Sims Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 6:47 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Resourceutilization allows more tape mounts than Your original email included "Win2003 clients". If you are now discounting their participation and focusing on only the AIX client sessions, th

Re: Resourceutilization allows more tape mounts than

2008-09-25 Thread Howard Coles
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Resourceutilization allows more tape mounts than > > Richard, > Thank you for your reply. > The clients I am referring to are AIX, as my original email > indicated. Andy's explanation is a good one, and says the sa

Re: Resourceutilization allows more tape mounts than

2008-09-25 Thread Richard Sims
Your original email included "Win2003 clients". If you are now discounting their participation and focusing on only the AIX client sessions, then it's possible that they are using ACLs (particularly for GPFS), where DIRMc considerations could be a factor. In any case, why leave this a mystery when

Re: Resourceutilization allows more tape mounts than

2008-09-24 Thread Schneider, John
hared library. Best Regards, John D. Schneider Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sims Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 2:44 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Resourceutilization allows

Re: Resourceutilization allows more tape mounts than

2008-09-24 Thread Richard Sims
Whenever you see a Windows backup using more drives than expected, all the implications of DIRMc should pop into consciousness. You can examine what's most recently going to the tapes by using Query CONtent with a negative Count value. And we are grateful for Andy's past illumination on RESOURce

Resourceutilization allows more tape mounts than

2008-09-24 Thread Schneider, John
Greetings, This is an TSM 5.4.3.0 server, TSM 5.4.2 client environment. AIX 5.3ML5 servers, AIX 5.3 and Win2003 clients. Multiple TSM servers share a virtual tape library and a physical tape library via TSM library sharing. We have been gradually migrating from traditional disk pool t