We're using it here without issue.  I've got the feature enabled both on
6.5.1 and 6.5.2a on Windows 2003.  As far as I can tell, the media
server that does the backup still does the restore, and I don't do much
in the way of alternate restore hosts so I have not tested that feature.
As far as utilization goes, I used to offsite 4-6 "partial" media per
week in my main data center and that is down to 1-2 a week.  That is
using DSSUs with more media servers than disk drives, so YMMV if you are
doing direct disk to tape backups.

-Jonathan
 

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From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Bryan S.
Leaman
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 11:40 AM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Anyone using media sharing in 6.5?

I'm finding that I'm vaulting quite a few partially used tapes, because
each tape can only be written by the server that owns it, and I have 7
media servers.  The new media sharing option in 6.5 looks like it would
help to optimize the tape usage, but I'm wondering if anyone has tried
this out yet?  I checked the knowledge base and there are several bugs
related to media sharing that are fixed in 6.5.2 (which I am using).  
Just a bit nervous to enable this in production.  I'm also wondering
where a shared tape is mounted for a restore...is it based on the server
that the image was written on, since there would be no overall tape
"owner"?  We use alternate restore server options quite frequently, so I
don't want to break that.

Any comments on media sharing would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Bryan
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