Our TSM servers are busy around the clock.  In fact, 6am-noon is some of
the busiest with migrations going on.








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Hi All,

My current environment is TSM 5.5.3, 1 library manager, 3 database servers.
These are installed on a P550 AIX 5.3 system in separate LPAR's.  We have
355 clients, 200 + are active.  My current TSM databases are 100GB, 65-82%
utilized.  We are going to be doing a large  business object installation
which will add 30-50 new clients including multiple Oracle databases.  Our
proposal was to add an additional TSM server to handle the new
requirements.

We have a new "architect" that is not very familiar with TSM and his
proposal is to "stack" TSM on another server that is running a different
application.  His argument is that TSM does most of it's work at night and
the application (which one is TBD) does most of it's work during the day.
>From what I know, due to TSM's resource utilization, it should be on it's
own hardware.

Has anyone tried to do this and what were your results?  I would love to
get some good arguments to take back that would support our original
position to install on separate hardware.  Thanks to everyone for your
ideas.

Debbie Haberstroh
TSM Server Administration


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