Re: Separate pool for each client vs. One pool with collocation

I know having fewer pools will make our admin work easier.  However,
it might make the operation more difficult.  Currently, we've three 3570 tape
library. Everyday, operators have to manually checkin and checkout tapes
more than 60 times.  I just try to minimize their workload and try to predict
which tapes might be needed before backup , restore and reclamation. So
that they can checkin and checkout many tapes at one time. (They've to
go to different room to do that).
Seems to me with many tapes in one pool, the prediction is hard
to make.  (I tried to make, however adsm didn't follow when doing the
reclamation)
That's why I try to make the number of tapes in one pool
 no more than 19 so that we can manage them.

Thanks,
Liyan

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sfletcher AT GIANTOFMARYLAND DOT COM on 11/05/99 10:40:14 AM
sfletcher AT GIANTOFMARYLAND DOT COM on 11/05/99 10:40:14 AM

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cc:    (bcc: Liyan Cao/BEN/FB/CSI)

Subject:  Re: Separate pool for each client vs. One pool with collocation

I would prefer one storage pool with collocation active.  If there are
different
needs for each client type such as retention periods and versioning, then
control that through the management classes.  The data itself can still be
kept
in on storage pool which will make the admin functions (offsite copies,
migration to tape, reclamation, etc) soooo much easier!

Just MHO
Steve




Liyan Cao <Liyan.Cao AT CHARMING DOT COM> on 11/05/99 09:50:09 AM

Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>

To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
cc:    (bcc: Steve Fletcher/GIANTMD/US/Ahold)
Subject:  Separate pool for each client vs. One pool with collocation




In our environment, we have 8 Novell Client, 9 Window's Client, 10 AIX
Client, 5
Oracle Client, 1 Informix Client.
The former ADSM Admin configured one pool without collocation. So the files
for
each client are all over the places.
It'll  be a disaster if we want to recover just one client.
I plan to redesign and implement from scratch now.

Does anybody have a suggestion on :

separate pool for each client so we'll have 33 pools
   vs.
5 pools, each pool for the clients on same platform with collocation on?

Thank you.
Liyan