Greetings,
We have 22 TSM servers and 5 Lan-free servers in our environment. AIX
is the host of choice, but we have 6 Windows TSM servers, and 3 of our
Lan-free servers are Windows. The 6 TSM Windows servers are all in
remote offices where we only have Windows support people, and we thought
having only one AIX server at that site would make support more
difficult.
The AIX servers are extremely reliable and dependable. We have a
complex environment at one site, where 10 TSM servers and 5 Lan-free
servers are sharing multiple virtual and real tape libraries and 196
virtual and 24 real tape drives using TSM library sharing, and on the
whole it works quite well. The 3 Lan-free servers that are Windows also
shares those same tape libraries and drives, and that has worked without
any particular problems. We are using all IBM tape libraries except for
a virtual library which is emulating an IBM library, and so we are using
the IBM drivers everywhere, which I am sure has something to do with the
excellent reliability.
However, the Windows servers have had problems with the drives where the
devices all disappear after a reboot, or come back with different drive
numbers after a reboot, which requires us to reinstall the drivers. The
problem is not with persistent binding in the HBA like we thought at
first, because persistent binding is turned on. So every time we
reboot, we have to carefully test the tape library to make sure it came
back, and frequently it doesn't.
Best Regards,
John D. Schneider
Email: John.Schneider AT Mercy DOT net
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Strand, Neil B.
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 9:10 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Preferred TSM Platform
If you are going to consider Solaris or HP for a TSM server, pause
and think when was the last time that these companies participated in a
lovefest? Trying to troubleshoot a driver, hba or performance issue
would be like asking a Nancy Pelosi to throw a birthday party for George
Bush.
Life is easier if you stick with AIX or Windows for a TSM server.
Cheers,
Neil Strand
Storage Engineer - Legg Mason
Baltimore, MD.
(410) 580-7491
Whatever you can do or believe you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic.
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Henrik Vahlstedt
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 9:58 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Preferred TSM Platform
Time to quote Kelly...
"So to me it's either AIX or Windows (yes, you can do a lot of TSM on
Windows once you get past the bigotry!). Choose whichever one you have
the most experience with."
//Henrik
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Howard Coles
Sent: den 25 februari 2009 15:11
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Preferred TSM Platform
I would stick with AIX as the #1 Choice just because the combo of
hardware and OS are unbeatable for this kind of thing. I've seen
Windows Servers Choke on half the amounts of data I move every day, and
I have yet to even use more than 1% of my proc, or use the swap space on
my AIX box.
Second from that would be Linux (because I don't know Solaris).
I would avoid Windows.
See Ya'
Howard
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf
> Of Ian Smith
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 4:31 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Preferred TSM Platform
>
> Hi
>
>
>
> I am sure this question has been asked many times, however with server
> and OS development what is the favored OS for TSM v5? I have always
> preferred AIX however never been keen on Solaris and am considering
> Windows instead.
>
>
>
> Will v6 be compatible with the Windows platform?
>
>
>
> Ian Smith
>
>
>
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