Based on the information from
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBM_TSM_Supported_Devices_for_AIXHPSUNWIN.html,
it states: "For IBM Tivoli Storage Manager version 5.1 and later, to
use a library with greater than 3 drives or greater than 40 storage
slots, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Extended Edition is required."

Based on that it should be clear that you need the extended edition
even if you only used 1 slot in the library. The option you can
consider is to get a second small library, like the 3581.

Regards,
Odd-Magne


On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 11:29:12 -0500, Keith Demings
<demingsk AT westmancom DOT com> wrote:
>        G'day all
>
>        We are looking into expanding the library a couple more slots, and 
> have run into the ever popular 'enterprise' 40 slot dilemma.
>        We currently have a IBM 3583 library with 2 lto1 drives and 2 columns 
> installed (36 slots) Running TSM 5.1.92.
>        Question I have is, can we just get another column (18 slots) and only 
> use 3 and stay under the enterprise line? Or does just having the extra 
> column put us over whether we use it or not?
>
> TIA
> K
>
> (Long time reader, first time poster)
>
> Keith Demings
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>