On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 06:01:47PM -0500, Isidro Rodriguez wrote:
> Look at your Storage Unit Max concurrent drives and set it to one less.

Unfortunately I have 3 storage units since I've got 3 media servers.  If
I drop a drive from each, they could still overlap.  Am I missing
something here?

Thanks,
        .../Ed
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Wilts [mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 5:51 PM
> To: List Veritas List
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Restore-only tape drives?
> 
> 
> I've asked my local Veritas systems engineer this, and he hasn't found
> an answer for me yet.  How can I set up a drive that is dedicated to
> restores?  We've run into multiple cases where we need to do a restore
> and all the drives in the library are in use.  I'd like the ability to
> dedicate one drive solely to restores, perhaps for nearline applications
> or for general restores.  We're still at 4.5FP6, 3 media servers
> (including the master), and SSO..

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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org