Hi Bassam,

you can define as many processes as you like, but the limitation is the
number of free drives. If you define more procs then you have drives, =
the
migration processes wait until there is a drive available (this also =
happens
if some of your drives are used by other processes).
For using more than 2 drives you have to set the parameter "mount =
limit" in
your device-definition to a apropriate value (normally you set this =
value to
'drives').
You normally set the value maxprocs to a value less then the number of
drives, so that other operations can work on tapes too.

Best regards
Chris

> -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
> Von:  Al'shaebani, Bassam [SMTP:Bassam.Al'shaebani AT MSNYUHEALTH DOT ORG]
> Gesendet am:  Freitag, 22. M=E4rz 2002 14:50
> An:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Betreff:      Utilizing All My drives
>=20
> Hello TSM'rs,
> I have a question. Here's my senario, We backup to disk. Then
> Copy/Migrate to tape once the backups complete.=20
> I have 6 3590B drives. When my copy/migration from disk to tape is
> running, I only see about
> two tapes being mounted, thus I'm only using two out of my 6 drives. =
I
> have increaded the number=20
> MAXPROC to 2, and noticed a considerable change in copy and migration
> time.=20
> My question is 1) What is the max number of proc I can assign with 6
> drives?
> 2) Is there something esle I should also be doing to utilize more
> drives?
> your assistance is greatly appreciated.=20
> Thanks,
> -bassam
> nyc