Stefan,

-       no problems to best of my knowledge. This is a supported
configuration.
-       just put "enablelanfree yes" in each dsm.opt and restart
schedulers.
-       you need only two Storage Agents - one for each node. It might be
possible to have more than one Storage Agent but is useless. Node services
for local resources might be better to stay over LAN. Each
cluster-resource service will contact the Storage Agent on the
local/active server over "LAN" (TCP/IP address 127.0.0.1).
-       the number of paths you have to define is two times the number of
the drives - all drives from each storage agent. You cannot define paths
only to part of the drives - the server can mount the tape in a drive you
have no path to.

Zlatko Krastev
IT Consultant






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        Subject:        w2k cluster and lanfree backup/restore


Hi ,

are there any known problems with backup/restore a w2k cluster over san
(lanfree)

and which is the easiest way to "migrate" an existing w2k cluster from
backup over LAN
to lanfree backup?

we have two cluster nodes with 2 local disks each, and 4 managed cluster
goups. ( 6 tsm nodes)

how many storage agents services have we to define (for every tsm node, 6
?)


i think, we have to entry "enablelanfree yes" in every dsm option file and
to install 6 different storage agent services for every tsm node, am i
right ?

what about the paths on the tsm server ? yet i have no idea how many paths
we have to define

is there a redbook or something else available?

thanks for your help.


with best regards

stefan savoric

s.savoric AT profi-ag DOT de