However, anyone correct me...

If you want to ever have lanless client or > 1 TSM Server sharing drives on the 
single L700 you will want Gresham EDT-DistribuTape + ACSLS to do so...

If you every "think" you need to do so, it may be worth doing so... and put the 
above plumbing in up front.

>
> From: Laura Buckley <buckley AT STORSOL DOT COM>
> Date: 2003/02/26 Wed PM 06:44:19 EST
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: ACSLS or Native TSM manager
>
> Yes
>
> That looks good.
>
> Laura
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of
> Gretchen L. Thiele
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 12:42 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: ACSLS or Native TSM manager
>
>
> Dameon White wrote:
> >
> > We just bought a used STK L700 with 4 DLT7000 drives.  We have TSM
> > 5.1.5.2 on AIX and I am confused as to why/if I would need to use
> > ACSLS to manage the library?  Does ACSLS
>
> You don't need ACSLS for an L700. I found that I could do everything I
> wanted without it (I do have ACSLS managing a 'regular' silo and two
> L700s without it). My L700s are dedicated to TSM - if yours are not, you
> probably could benefit from ACSLS.
>
> Gretchen Thiele
> Princeton University
>