>> On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:58:18 -0400, Sean English <sean.english AT WACHOVIA 
>> DOT COM> said:

> So from what I gather below, you have 1 LM with 20 library client
> TSM instances connected to it?  How many libraries do you have?

Just the one.

> Do you have a bunch of storage agents?

Nope.

> Reason I ask is we have a single LM with 15 TSM instances and we
> have some issues surrounding that. It could be the number of storage
> agents we have or maybe something else. But I would be curious in
> how you are setup if you don't mind me asking.


Not at all.  Sorry for the delayed response: I've been out sick.


We're pretty basic in architecture; though I'm about to switch a
little.  I've got one p630 with a RIO drawer (IBM AIX hardware) with
one library manager instance and a passel of (as I call them)
"customer-facing" instances.

The customer-facing instances serve audiences ranging in size from a
single application (IBM content manager) to a single service machine
(central mail back-end with ~50M files) to a single service, to a
single organizational unit, to "some folks". :)

I started with one big instance, and calved new ones off as the
administrative distinctions became apparent and important.

The most significant calving events tend to be flavored: "Don't let
-their- failure affect -me-".



- Allen S. Rout