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Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com

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The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
The command line is your friend.
"Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2006-04-24
14:02:05:

> Geoff,
>
> You get collocation by node.
>
> If you look up the syntax for DEFINE STGPOOL, you'll see some text for
the
> COLLOCATE option that hints at this:
>
> ----------
> If you specify COLLOCATE=GROUP but do not define any groups, data is
> collocated by node. Similarly, if you specify COLLOCATE=GROUP and you
> define a group but do not add nodes to the group, data is collocated by
> node.
> ----------
>
> with the theme being that nodes not in a group are collocated by NODE
when
> the storage pool's COLLOCATE setting is GROUP.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andy
>
> Andy Raibeck
> IBM Software Group
> Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
> Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
> Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com
>
> IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page:
> http://www-306.ibm.
> com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html
>
> The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
> The command line is your friend.
> "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2006-04-24
> 13:26:30:
>
> > I have yet another question as it relates to collocation by group. If
> the
> > disk storage pool is set to collocation by group, and some nodes are
not
> > assigned to a group, how do those nodes data end up? You would think
> > intermixed with other nodes, at least that is what I thought. The
reason
> I
> > am asking is because it looks like that a node not assigned to a group
> is
> > assigned it's own tape. If I try to move that nodes tape to hopefully
a
> > filling tape it mounts a scratch instead.
> >
> >
> >
> > I know for sure I have 3 nodes not assigned to a group and I was
hoping
> to
> > get them all on a single tape but can't seem to do it.
> >
> >
> >
> > This is TSM server 5.3.3.0 on AIX 5.3
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Geoff Gill
> >
> > TSM Administrator
> >
> > PeopleSoft Sr. Systems Administrator
> >
> > SAIC M/S-G1b
> >
> > (858)826-4062
> >
> > Email:  <mailto:geoffrey.l.gill AT saic DOT com> geoffrey.l.gill AT saic 
> > DOT com