Hello All,

We want to put two TSM servers on the same machine, within the same
operating system (OS/390).  These servers will need to share a very
limited number of tape drives in two shared automatic tape libraries
(one local and one remote).  We will need to do all the daily
maintenance tasks in approximately the same time slot.  In addition,
migrations or database backups could kick off at any time on either of
the servers.  How are other TSMer's handling the scheduling and sharing
of tape drives between two servers?

I have developed some scripts within TSM that "kind-of" handle the
scheduling and sharing of tape drives in a semi-efficient manner, but
this is certainly not an ideal solution.  Has anyone written a  "tape
drive manager" or know of a packaged solution?

Thanks!

Nancy Brizuela
University of Wyoming
IBM Systems Group
Ivinson Room 238
(307)766-2958