What you describe should work just fine.

One ADSM server is perfectly happy to support multiple libraries at once.
The LIBRARY name is specified in the DEVCLASS, so you will need define a new
DEVCLASS.
Your new tapepool definition will point to the new DEVCLASS, which will
point to the new LIBRARY.

You will just need to find sufficient SCSI connections to have all the
drives connected at the same time.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Berning, Tom [SMTP:TBerning AT SENCO DOT COM]
> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 1998 3:13 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Multiple Tape Libraries
>
> We currently use and IBM 3466 to backup our enterprise, Novell, NT, and
> Unix.
> The tape library we use is and Exabyte 480 with 4 tape drives. Each tape
> drive
> has its own SCSI cable attached to a different SCSI adapter.  We would
> like
> to
> replace the 480 with the new Exabyte 690D DLT tape library with two tape
> drives.
> Can we utilize both libraries to migrate data to or would we have to set
> up
> multiple
> servers?  Could the 480 be used as a second tapepool to migrate data from
> the 690
> or would that not be feasible?
>
> Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Thomas R. Berning
> UNIX Systems Administrator
> Senco Products, Inc
> 8485 Broadwell Road
> Cincinnati, OH 45244
> Phone (513) 388-2857
> Fax     (513) 388-3333
> EMAIL tberning AT senco DOT com