Re: 2 proc offsite copy wanting the same tape

Not sure what is going on then.  MAXPR works for me to successful
multithread the storagepool backups.  I too am at TSM 5.1.6.3.

>>> wroos AT SHOPRITE.CO DOT ZA 12/9/2003 4:18:47 AM >>>
Yip, in this particular case i did maxpr=3 (have 12 drives, sometimes
all are free). This pool consists of many small files and is taking
ages
to copy.

tia

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf
Of
David E Ehresman
Sent: 08 December 2003 21:04
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: 2 proc offsite copy wanting the same tape


Did you start them with "backup stg LTOPOOL_PRD OFFSITEPOOL maxpr=2"?

>>> wroos AT SHOPRITE.CO DOT ZA 12/8/2003 8:04:41 AM >>>
Don't you just love TSM. I had hoped to speed up the offsite copy but
it
appears the two processes aren't aware of each other, one requiring
the
same tape the other is copying offsite.

Does anyone know of a workaround?

tsm: TSM_SERVER>q pr
Session established with server TSM_SERVER: Windows
  Server Version 5, Release 1, Level 6.3
  Server date/time: 12/08/2003 14:59:03  Last access: 12/08/2003
14:50:01


 Process Process Description  Status
  Number
-------- --------------------
-------------------------------------------------
     199 Backup Storage Pool  Primary Pool LTOPOOL_PRD, Copy Pool
OFFSITEPOOL,
                               Files Backed Up: 115145, Bytes Backed
Up:
                               77,192,029,031, Unreadable Files: 0,
Unreadable
                               Bytes: 0. Current Physical File
(bytes):
                               1,442,967,798~Current input volume:
                               A00136L1.~Current output volume:
A00256L1.\

     200 Backup Storage Pool  Primary Pool LTOPOOL_PRD, Copy Pool
OFFSITEPOOL,
                               Files Backed Up: 15081, Bytes Backed
Up:
                               28,900,407,334, Unreadable Files: 0,
Unreadable
                               Bytes: 0. Current Physical File
(bytes):
                               3,126,660~Waiting for access to input
volume
                               A00136L1 (4416 seconds).~Current output
volume:
                               A00048L1.\


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