Thanks Ronald. That was an example because I have only 10 LAN free client to 
start with setup , mostly will allocate 16 drives for LAN free ( multiple 
database in the same server) 





By Sarav
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> On 16 Sep, 2014, at 1:02 am, Ron Delaware <ron.delaware AT US.IBM DOT COM> 
> wrote:
> 
> Saravanan, 
> 
> You could setup your tape library so that it is partitioned to use one half 
> for normal backup clients and one half for your storage agent(s), or, you 
> could setup your TSM server as a Library Manager and the storage agent(s) as 
> Library Clients.  Since you are using a VTL, the library Manager 
> configuration would work best for you. 
> 
> Is there a specific reason you need 1/2 of the total drives just for the 
> storage agent?  
> 
>  
> Best Regards,
> 
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> From:        Saravanan Palanisamy <evergreen.sarav AT GMAIL DOT COM> 
> To:        ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU 
> Date:        09/15/2014 09:47 AM 
> Subject:        [ADSM-L] How to setup dedicated tape drives for storage agent 
> Sent by:        "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> 
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> 
> Dear TSM Folks,
> 
> Has anybody tried this approach to enhance tape drive availability ?
> 
> Create 64 tape drives in data domain and allocate 32 tape drives only for
> TSM server backup ( Lan based backup) and remaining 32 tape drives dedicate
> for storage agent
> 
> Is this possible to implement this setup ?
> 
> I really had concern because storage agent definitely need tape drive
> should be defined and path must be online in TSM server before defining
> path for storage agent.
> 
> Will it work if turn off tape drive path in TSM server and only turn on
> corresponding path for storage agent ? I never tried this approach and has
> anybody got real time experience on this setup?
> 
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> Thanks & Regards,
> Saravanan
> Mobile: +65-86966188
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