The library manager, as it is said, is the library manager.
When STA need cartridges, it ask the library manager for it.
The library manager ask the library to mount a tape, then, when it know the
drive where it is mounted, it will check the label of the cartridge, so an
access (ie a path) to the drive is needed for the library manager.
Then, knowing the drive, it find the path of the drive on STA side so it can
tell the STA where the cartridge is mounted and address (ie the special file)
of the tape.
When you look at drives activity on the library manager, you can see that,
during mount process of cartridge, the cartridge and the mount point are owned
by the library manager. Therefore the ownership is transfered to the STA.
A select on drives table (allocated_to) during mount process can show you all
that.
Regards
Pierre
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] De
> la part de Ian-IT Smith
> Envoyé : vendredi 23 novembre 2007 10:47
> À : ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Objet : [ADSM-L] TSM STA Paths
>
> I have a question regarding paths for drives in a storage agent
> environment:
>
> If drives are in a library, can they be defined on the
> Library Manager as drive, but ONLY have paths to the storage agent?
>
> Or must all drives need to be pathed to the library manager
> as well as the storage agents?
>
> I was sure that the TSM Library Manager did not require a
> path to the drive
>
>
> Ian Smith
>
>
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