On Apr 6, 2010, at 2:34 AM, Mehdi Salehi wrote:
> Hi all,
> A client is to restore something from multiple cartridges (regardless of
> being collocated or not). Server mounts the first cartridge and the
> restoration process starts . Does TSM server prepare (mount) the next
> cartridge before it is actually needed if there are enough tape drives in
> the library?
No. One would think that would be an administrative option in the product, but
has not been. The apparent intention is to limit the number of drives that a
client will have in use, regardless of actual availability of drives.
Richard Sims
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