Hoi,

we have our TSM server running with 4 nic's without any problems. We don't
have anything special configured...

> Hello,
>
> Does anybody know if a single TSM server can listen on different ip-adresses
> (on different nic's)  ? Or do you need to run multiple instances on one
> machine ?
>
> TSM Server Config example :
>
>   Listening for backup data on NIC1 : 192.168.10.10:1500
>   and                               on NIC2 : 10.10.10.10:1500
>   + other nic for normal lan traffic
>
>
> Just wondering if adding extra LAN cards in every client to increase the
> total bandwith, is a
> cheap alternative for SAN environments.
>
> For example : client config with 3 NIC's :
>                                 NIC1 : regular client traffic
>                                 NIC2 : for online database backup (scheduler 
> 1)  (backup lan 1)
>                                 NIC3 : for backup of regular file (scheduler 
> 2)  (backup lan 2)
>
>                                 2 x 100 Mbit bandwith to backup
>
> Any remarks about this ?  I agree, it isn't a good alternative, but I was
> just wondering if this is possible ?
>
> Thanks !
>
> Wouter Verschaeve
>

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