Have you thought about using an external media manager, such as Gresham EDT
- DistribuTape?  We have 3 TSM servers all sharing an STK9310 and it works
great.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Sporer [mailto:james.sporer AT DOIT.WISC DOT EDU]
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 2:33 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Tape Library Sharing 2nd Time


>Since I didn't get an answer the first time I sent this I assume nobody
>has ever done it.  Does anybody have an opinion on whether it can be done
>this way or must I copy all of the data?
>Jim Sporer
>
>
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>>Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 15:21:47 -0600
>>To: adsm-l AT vm.marist DOT edu
>>From: Jim Sporer <james.sporer AT doit.wisc DOT edu>
>>Subject: Tape Library Sharing
>>Cc: JAMES J SPORER <james.sporer AT doit.wisc DOT edu>
>>
>>I have a 3494 ATL that is shared between two TSM servers.  Right now the
>>Library is partitioned, meaning I have a separate set of private and
>>scratch categories for each of the servers.  I would like to change the
>>library so one of the TSM servers is the primary library manager.  Can I
>>do this using the following steps?
>>
>>1)  Set up server to server communication between the library manager
>>server and the library client server on both TSMs.
>>2)  Update the library manager server library to shared=yes.
>>3)  On the library client TSM checkout all tapes with the remove=no
option.
>>4)  delete the 3590 drives on the library client TSM.
>>5)  delete the library on the library client TSM.
>>6)  define the library on the library client TSM (define library
>>libraryname libtype=shared primarylibmanager=primarytsm)
>>7)  define the 3590 drives on the library client.  We are running TSM
>>4.2.1.7.
>>8)  issue the checkin command on the library client for the volumes
>>checked out in step 3.
>>(checkin libvol libraryname status=private checklabel=barcode search=yes)
>>
>>I have a question about step 8.  Do I issue the checkin command on the
>>primary library manager or the library client.  If I issue the checkin on
>>the primary library manager how does the primary library manager know
>>that the tapes belong to the library client?
>>Jim Sporer
>