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[Veritas-bu] Connecting different tape libraries?

2004-04-15 10:04:01
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Connecting different tape libraries?
From: thoke AT northpeak DOT com (Tim Hoke)
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:04:01 -0500 (CDT)
Scott,

Since there's only one SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS per host, you can't setup
different buffer sizes for different drives on the same server.

If you want different sizes, you'll have to split the drives up to 
different servers.

-Tim

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, Chapman, Scott wrote:

> How would someone set the size_data_buffers and number_data_buffers for the
> 2 different drive types?  Would it not be better having these libraries
> attached to 2 different machines, thus allowing proper tuning of the LTO and
> DLT drives?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> _____________________________________________________
> Scott Chapman
> Enterprise Computing Technical Support
> ICBC - Victoria
> Phone: 250.414.7650  Fax: 250.978.8003  Cel: 250.213.9295
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Hoke [mailto:thoke AT northpeak DOT com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 8:41 AM
> To: Chirag Parekh
> Cc: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Connecting different tape libraries?
> 
> 
> When setting up the libraries, each will have a different Storage Unit 
> (STU).  You can set the "first tape library" STU to be "On Demand Only".  
> Then in each policy you want to direct to that STU, specify it.
> 
> Then the rest of your policies can be left at "ANY AVAILABLE" STU and will 
> default to the "other tape library" (as long as it's STU ISN'T also set to 
> "on demand only").
> 
> -Tim
> 
> 
> On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, Chirag Parekh wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Can anyone tell me how can I connect 2 different tape libraries, one
> > with DLT drives and another with LTO drives, to a single NB Master
> > server and have certain backup's directed to the first tape library and
> > the rest to the other tape library?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > > Chirag Parekh
> > > Junior UNIX Systems Administrator
> > > 
> > > Belkin Corporation
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> > > chiragp AT belkin DOT com
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> > > 
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