large volumes are better than small, so use big-file-enabled filesystems. But
you
might, at some future time want to reallocate space between DB and disk pool,
for
example, so I wouldn't make one volume fill up a whole disk. maybe 4 volumes
per
physical disk is sensible.
IMHO
Rick Naquin wrote:
> Hello all,
> Due to a colleague moving on, I have assumed responsibility for a new TSM
> environment running on AIX. Our existing TSM environment is running on MVS
> and
> the mainframe is being relocated, dictating a need to move to a local AIX
> server. My AIX environment is an F50 with a 3494 ATL and 12 18.1 GB SSA
> drives. We intend to allocate two disk storage pools. Archive pool is only
> about 10 GB. The backup pool will eventually utilize the remainder. How
> best
> should I allocate the space needed for the storage pools? Do I allocate a
> slew of 2GB logical volumes/filesystems? Larger logical volumes housing
> multiple filesystems? Should I use Large Block Enabled filesystems to
> allocate
> files larger than 2 GB? Is there a method recomended to spread the files
> across the spindles that would be beneficial for TSM?
>
> Is there any known documentation that might point this obviously
> "un-enlightened" person in the direction of TSM storage pool allocation
> wizardry?
>
> Thanks
> Rick Naquin
> rnaquin AT giantofmaryland DOT com
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Mr. Lindsay Morris
Mr. Lindsay Morris
Certified: AIX,ADSM, TSM, HACMP,SP
Gresham Enterprise Storage
lmorris AT openmic DOT com
606-253-8000
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