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[ADSM-L] convert standalone server to library client?

2010-06-09 15:12:13
Subject: [ADSM-L] convert standalone server to library client?
From: Keith Arbogast <warbogas AT INDIANA DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 15:11:09 -0400
Can a standalone TSM server be re-configured to be a Library Client?  We are 
not using library sharing on our 3584 ATLs now. Our TSM servers are at version 
5.5.4.1 on RHEL 5.

We have server to server communications setup between two Data Centers. So, the 
offsite Copypools are on the local 3584. Offsite database backups are also 
written to the onsite ATL.  

My purpose in converting the standalone server to a Library Client would be to 
use library sharing in a Disaster Recovery. One Library Client would be the 
current onsite server. The other Library Client would be a standby clone of the 
offsite TSM server. Ordinarily, it would not be running. If the offsite Data 
Center were lost, I could restore the database of the offsite server to the 
second onsite library client.Then, it could share the local tape drives to 
restore offsite clients rebuilt locally. 

The stumbling block seems to be that tape volumes must be checked-in to the 
Library Manager. There already are several hundred tape volumes in private 
status on both standalone servers. How would I tell a new Library Manager that 
those tape volumes were owned by the new Library Client? 

If there is a way to convert a standalone TSM server to a Library Client, I 
would be grateful to hear of it. If this idea looks like Swiss cheese, and 
smells like Limburger I would like to know that too.

With my thanks and best wishes,
Keith Arbogast 
Indiana University

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