Here is our current setup. We have 2 TSM systems. TSM1 which is where all
the TSM clients backup to at night. TSM2 is offsite and only used for
keeping a second copy of the TSM1 data using the "BACKUP STGPOOL" command.
They are fiber connected like this:

         Location 1            |        Location 2
 ------------------------------|----------------------------------
                                         |
                                         |
              Shark1             |              Shark2
                    |                    |                   |
TSM1 - 2109 - 2029 == 2029 - 2109 - TSM2
                   |                     |                   |
         3494 Library1      |         3494 Library2


Both TSM1 and TSM2 have a fiber attached 3494 Library in their respective
locations.
Both TSM1 and TSM2 have a fiber attached shark in their respective
locations.
We have a few TSM clients that are fiber attached to the Shark drive on
TSM1 give that the amount of storage area for that server is rather large.

>From my understanding, there are LAN free and Server Free options so I
would think that I should be able to set it up so TSM1 sends data directly
from it's 3494 Library to TSM2's 3494 Library via fiber without having to
send the data over ethernet.  I'm a little confused on how I make this so.
Or for that matter, what my best strategy is at this point. Do I need the
Tivoli Storage Agent for this? Would it make the transfer faster? The data
is being sent right now but it seems to be pretty slow given that it should
be sending the data via fiber (at least I think).

Can someone shed some light on what my best strategy here is? Or maybe a
suggestion on a publication to read for optimising our environment. I just
want to make sure that data going from TSM1 to TSM2 is getting there as
fast as possible and also that the TSM clients with fiber attached Shark
Drives are being backed up as fast as possible.

Thanks much,
John