Thanks, Dan, I got an email from them too. In our case, I think we are going
to directly attach a smaller library to the HP server and then back up everyone
else on a private network.
Dan Giles wrote:
> Larry,
> You may want to give Open Microsystems a try. They have a few products that
> work closely with Stk and IBM. Their URL is www.openmic.com.
>
> Dan Giles
> Application Specialist
> Manulife Financial, Corporate
> Phone: 416-926-3549 Fax: 416-926-5234
>
> From: Larry Chisesi <lchisesi AT COCOMP DOT COM> on 10/20/98 02:38 PM GMT
>
> Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> cc: (bcc: ADSM)
> Subject: Re: STK ACSLS and ADSM
>
> Dan: Thanks for the reply. It appears that there is no ACSLS support for
> HP,
> only IBM and Sun are supported. So, our HP server wouldn't be able to
> issue
> an ACSLS request.
>
> Larry Chisesi
>
> Dan Giles wrote:
>
> > Larry.
> >
> > We are (or, at least, will be) doing something quite similar. There seems
> > to be some confusion with your sources as to what ACSLS takes care of and
> > what ADSM takes care of. With ACSLS, mount and other library commands are
> > simply routed to a central machine. The internal library inventory is
> kept
> > track of by this central ACSLS database.
> >
> > However, you will indeed need separate adsm servers for your database
> > application and "normal" clients. If you are talking about 2 different
> > databases on your two HP boxes, then you are indeed talking about 3
> > separate licenses.
> >
> > As for management, 3.1.2 appears to take a big step in centralizing
> > monitoring and control, though the server databases remain separate.
> >
> > I hope this answers your questions.
> >
> > Dan Giles
> > Application Specialist
> > Manulife Financial, Corporate
> > Phone: 416-926-3549 Fax: 416-926-5234
> >
> > From: Larry Chisesi <lchisesi AT COCOMP DOT COM> on 10/19/98 04:50 PM GMT
> >
> > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> >
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > cc: (bcc: ADSM)
> > Subject: STK ACSLS and ADSM
> >
> > We are looking to share an STK 9710 SCSI library with 10 DLT 7000
> > drives. We understand that the ACSLS product from STK enables this. We
> > will have a dedicated ADSM server taking 3-4 of the drives for backing
> > up clients via a 100 Mb network. We want to directly attach 2 large HP
> > servers that have Oracle databases > 200 GB to the STK library so that
> > we are not backing them up over the net, going directly to the tape
> > drives in the 9710 instead.
> >
> > I have heard from an IBM rep that we need to have ADSM server licenses
> > on these two HP servers, in addition to the ADSM server license for our
> > dedicated backup server, and that these Oracle servers have their own
> > ADSM databases, manage their own media, etc. Someone else told me that
> > the library is managed by the dedicated ADSM server via ACSLS and the
> > Oracle servers merely output to the tape drives in the library.
> >
> > We are trying to create an environment that is easy to administer (who
> > isn't!) and works as simply as possible. Does anyone have experience
> > with ACSLS in the Unix environment? We will have either an AIX box or
> > Solaris system be the dedicated ADSM server. Can you point me to any
> > IBM documentation that lays this out, along with licensing requirements?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Larry Chisesi
> > CoComp Technical Services
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