hi,

> Hello all...
> 
> I'm researching moving my TSM server from AIX to W2K.  My 
> tape library is a
> Magstar 3757-L18, six drives, each pair on its own SCSI bus.
> 
> In the Installation and User's Guide for the IBM TotalStorage 
> Tape Device
> Drivers, chapter 36 - W2K Device Driver Management, the last 
> sentence in
> the Installation Overview states:
> 
> "All drives accessible from a medium changer must be on the 
> same physical
> SCSI bus as the changer."

this is true, if you want to use removeable storage manager (RSM)
with tsm it should be no problem using different scsi buses.

I hope this helps.

thomas

> Am I misunderstanding this, or is it wrong?  Is this saying I 
> must put all
> six drives on one SCSI bus?
> 
> Any advice would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks... Ken
>