Actually, you may get better performance out of Windows if you leave off
the GPT.  You don't want really large storage pool volumes anyway, so
partitioning it out with 2 TB File systems, would be a good idea.  That
would remove another level of complexity, and overhead on the server
itself.  The fewer things you have between the App (TSM) and the
hardware the better.

Or, better yet, use Linux and you'll get more out of your hardware.

See Ya'
Howard


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf
> Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:29 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Server stgpool volumes and GPT
> 
> We are putting up a "big honkin Dell server" for a new TSM server.
This
> box has 8=1TB internal drives.
> 
> There has been an argument going on about how to properly partition
> this
> space, for the LZ.
> 
> We use GPT since standard tools don't like >2TB filesystems.
> 
> If we create a 6TB LZ with GPT, will TSM have a problem formatting
> volumes
> in this space?
> 
> What is the max size of a disk storage pool volume, anyway?  I have
> been
> scouring the Admin Guide/Reference and still haven't seen a fixed max
> value.  I did Google and found an IBM document that says a lot of this
> info is undocumented.
> 
> BTW, Neither I nor my co-worker are receiving most mailings from this
> list. Every day or two, some trickle through.  Can someone tell me who
> to
> contact at Marist to see what is going on?