On 01/09/11 17:48, vernon harris wrote:
> I'm new to networker and inherited an environment that consists of 2
> networker storage
> nodes and the networker server, all running solaris 10.  The changer is a
> STK SL500
> unit with 3 x LTO 3 drives.  (Fiber attached)  DDS is setup.
> 
> The current configuration has the changer defined to both storage nodes and
> not the
> server.  What is best practice for which server controls the changer.  In
> previous
> netbackup environments we normally controlled the changer from the server
> only.  Is
> it advisable to define the changer to multiple servers???  I'm consideration
> changing
> the changer configuration to be defined only to the networker server.
> Comments???


The changer should only be visible to one server.

My preference would be the NetWorker server rather than the storage
node, because to control it from a storage node requires an extra level
of network communication - something else that could go wrong.

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