ADSM-L

Re: Splitting a 3494 Across two (or more) ADSM servers...

1998-09-11 13:37:41
Subject: Re: Splitting a 3494 Across two (or more) ADSM servers...
From: Chris Roelofs <Chris.J.Roelofs AT MAIL.ING DOT NL>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 18:37:41 +0100
     Daniel,

     We did sort-of what you want. Our 2 ADSM servers are running on the
     same AIX server. Sharing the library is easy and I guess that sharing
     the drives depends on the type of drive. Two things that might help:
     - On the second server, define the library with different scratch- and
       private-categories.
     - Try to have different volume label ranges for the two servers. This
       way you can use the "volrange" option with the checkin command.

     Chris Roelofs
     Mainland Sequoia B.V.
     +31 30 609 7060
     +31 20 501 3307
     chris.j.roelofs AT mail.ing DOT nl
     chrisr AT mainland DOT nl


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Subject: Splitting a 3494 Across two (or more) ADSM servers...
Author:  "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> at inet-1
Date:    9/11/98 9:51 AM


        I was curious to know if anyone had any experience with (and maybe even
written the proceedures for) splitting a 3494 across two (or more) ADSM
servers.  Current we are using an SP/2 High node (R40 4 way) for our ADSM
server and have outgrown it by a fair margin.  To resolve this, we are
looking at implementing a second High node that we have in the frame as an
additional ADSM server so that we can load balance our current load and
allow for further expansion at a later date.  We have a 4 frame 3494 with
an L-12, two D-14s, and a D-10.  We will soon be adding another D-14.

I know that we're going to have to change how we checkin recovered DR
volumes (we are using DRM).  Currently we use the search option.  Are there
any other gotcha or recommendations that you can make regarding a split
3494?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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Daniel Whicker
Daniel Whicker
Technical Analyst -- Sprint Paranet
dewhicke AT sprintparanet DOT com