From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
Peter Bjoern
> The scenario includes two TSM servers, a firewall and a number of clients
> placed outside the firewall.
>
> The simplified scenario is :
> Two clients, called client_a and client_b are placed outside the firewall.
> One TSM server, called tsm_ext, is placed outside the firewall. It has no
> tape library.
> One TSM server, called tsm_int, is placed inside the firewall. It has a
> large tape library.
>
> The clients will backup to the external server tsm_ext, but since tsm_ext
> has no tape library
> tsm_ext will have to pass the data on to virtual volumes on the internal
> server tsm_int.
>
[snippage]
>
> We have considered a brute-force approach by defining a complete set of
> server/devclass/pool/clientname
> for each real "client" thus having the internal server. tsm_int, see data
> as coming from different clients and
> thereby collocating data for each client in the tape library.
> This _will_  work (I've tested it for two instances) but I really don't
> like having to it that way.
>
> Is there any other way we can accomplish what we want (to keep the client
> data collocated in
> the tape library) ?

Not that I can think of. Have you thought about having the clients in
question being backed up directly to the internal TSM server? It would mean
having TCP ports 1500 and 1501 open.

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Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
Certified TSM consultant
Certified AIX system engineer
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