If you have two 3494s defined to one (aix) machine, they will have different 
lmcp and you would use the different lmcps in the path definitions for the two 
tsm libraries.

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To clarify.

Two tsm servers tsm1 and tsm2.
Two librarys lib1 and lib2

Tsm1 is  connected to lib1 directly.
Tsm2 is connected to lib2.

Lib2 is actually in our offsite location, and I would like to create a 
connection from tsm1 to lib2 and get our current offsite data moved into it. 
Then, I can copy storage pool directly to lib2 and illiminate carrying tapes to 
a static offsite storage location.

Both libraries are 3494s containing ts1120 drives.

No library sharing is being used at the present time, but has not been ruled 
out.

Hopefully that has clarified things a bit.

Questions are

1. If I define both 3494s to one machine, how to define them both to tsm?  By 
serial number?

2. If I can't define both to a single server, will library sharing with tsm 
work?

Some sample definitions would be helpful.

 


Gary Lee
Senior System Programmer
Ball State University
phone: 765-285-1310

 
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Daniel Sparrman
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Hi Steven

A TSM library manager isnt mandatory in a 3494 library environment. If the 
libraries are partitioned, he can just connect his two hosts to each library 
and assign access through the 3494 CU.

Which is simplest is just a matter of how the existing environment looks. If 
the libraries are already partitioned for the two hosts, no TSM library manager 
is needed, just make an entry for each library in the ibmatl.conf and assign 
access in the 3494 CU.

if the libraries are not partitioned, and there is limited 3494 competence 
on-site, perhaps TSM library sharing is the way to go. It all depends on Gary's 
requirements (like, can we share volumes between the two TSM servers, or do 
they need to be divided).

Best Regards

Daniel Sparrman


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Ärende: Re: [ADSM-L] 3494 library questions

Gary

A library manager is mandatory to coordinate library access.  Than can be a
standalone instance or the existing instance that has exclusive access (the
latter being the easier option with an environment of this size)

Thanks

Steven

On 14 December 2011 14:22, Lee, Gary D. <GLEE AT bsu DOT edu> wrote:

> I have two 3494 libraries at different locations.
> I would like to have both defined to both of my tsm servers.
>
> Is it possible to define two libraries in the ibmatl.conf file, and if so,
> how to define them to tsm?
>
> If not, am I correct that the other option is to share the libraries as
> necessary defining appropriate tsm servers as library managers?
>
> Thanks for the assistance.
>
>
>
> Gary Lee
> Senior System Programmer
> Ball State University
> phone: 765-285-1310
>
>