It is not necessary to have both the AIX and Solaris host share the drives.
They will be dedicated to one host only.  This 'sharing' of the library will
be temporary (we have heard that one before) during the migration of the
AIX server to the new solaris server with export/import.  Then the migration
can be done over time with both servers in production and without
significant downtime.

To make matters worse, the 3494 is already full.  Tapes will have to be pulled
out to make room during the migration.

Eliza
>
> Yes.
>
> Based on the wording in her post, it sounded like she just wanted to
> attach another (test) host to the library, which, as you say, is easy.
>
> But it also sounded like she was thinking of partitioning the 3494 as you
> would a 3584, with specific slots assigned to each host, which is not
> necessary (don't even think you *can* do it that way).
>
> -Lloyd
>
>
> On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:07:50 -0600
> Ben Bullock <bbullock AT MICRON DOT COM> wrote thusly:
>
> >         Doesn't it depend?
> >
> >         If she wants to dedicate certain drives to certain TSM servers,
> > she can do that simply with the functions built into the 3590 library.
> > Piece of cake, we do that on all our libraries.
> >
> >         If she wants to connect the drives to both the AIX and Solaris
> > host at the same time and have them ~share~ the drives, she would need
> > to use the TSM library manager function so that each TSM server knows
> > who is using the drives at any time.
> >
> >         Right?
> >
> > Ben
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
> > Behalf Of
> > Lloyd Dieter
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 11:59 AM
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject: Re: Please help me NOT migrate
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 13:45:03 -0400
> > Eliza Lau <lau AT VTCAT.CC.VT DOT EDU> wrote thusly:
> >
> > >
> > > This is something I can look into.  I can paritiion the 3494 so each
> > > server has its own frame, tape drives, and tapes.  But will the 3494
> > > control manager get confused when 2 TSM servers try to talk to it at
> > > the same time?  Doesn't one has to be the Library Manager while the
> > > other the 'slave'?
> > >
> > > Eliza
> > >
> >
> >
> > Nope...just have to assign different private/scratch categories on the
> > second server from the first.
> >
> > The 3494 as it's own built-in library manager that can handle (I think)
> > 32 attached hosts.
> >
> > -Lloyd
> >
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