When you say in your 3494 that "each owns n-3592 drives":

Do your current TSM servers share the drives, or do you use it as if it is 2 
separate physical libraries?

Wanda  

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Zoltan Forray
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 10:28 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Equating current 3494 configuration to TS3500

As you are aware from previous posts, we are replacing our 3494 with a 
TS3500/3584.

I am trying wrap my mind around the proper way to configure the TS3500 so it 
functions the same way our 3494 does.  If changing our current configuration 
makes things easier for the transition, now would be the time to do it since 
the install is tentatively scheduled for May. This is our current config:

We have 2-TSM servers acting at Library Managers/Owner, thus each LM has its 
own "3494 category codes", each owns n-3592 drives, etc.  This was done for 
redundancy, fail-over, etc. We have tape drives spinning most of the time so 
having all library functionality and drives attached to only 1-TSM server is 
not a good idea.

>From the server perspective, there is one control path to the library via the 
>IP address/connection.  In the 3494, each Library Manager is defined, via the 
>servers IP address.

Do I define 2-virtual libraries, 1-per library manager server?  Does this mean 
the drives as well as storage cells are defined/associated to each "virtual 
library"?

>From reading through the various TS3500 books, they cite multiple ways to 
>configure "Library Sharing", including virtual stuff since we are getting the 
>ALMS feature.

Since I have never dealt with the issue of a tape drive "path" being used for 
library control path/function, I guess I need to define more than one of these 
paths, in case the drive has a problem?

Thoughts?  Suggestions?


--
*Zoltan Forray*
TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
Virginia Commonwealth University
UCC/Office of Technology Services
zforray AT vcu DOT edu - 804-828-4807
Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never 
use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number 
or confidential personal information. For more details visit 
http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html