Re: [Veritas-bu] SSO Option for LTO3 drives

To use the drives for regular backups, you have to present the drives to the NetApp and the Media Server(s). The SSO Option also has to be installed for this drive sharing to be enabled.

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If I dedicate 2 drives to the Netapp and have the zoning setup properly will the media servers use those drives for regular backups as well? -----Original Message----- From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of tburrell Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 4:18 PM To: VERITAS-BU AT MAILMAN.ENG.AUBURN DOT EDU Subject: [Veritas-bu] SSO Option for LTO3 drives Steve, OK- I forgot about one of the key elements: the NDMP backups do actually run through the media servers via Remote NDMP. They are still using NDMP, but our solaris/windows media servers handle the tape drives for them. Sorry for the misinformation- the devil is in the details. _javascript_:emoticon('[Embarassed]') Tom Hudson, Steve wrote: > Tom do you mean you share 6 LTO drives between regular backups and NDMP > backups ?? How do you do this?? The manual is not clear and we currently > dedicate drives to NDMP only. We would like not to do this.. Any > information would be appreciated..... Thanks.....We do have SSO licensed > > > > Steve Hudson > Enterprise Storage > Iron Mountain > 745 Atlantic Ave > Boston, MA 02111 > Phone: (617) 535-2849 > > steve.hudson < at > ironmountain.com > > > Visit the new www.ironmountain.com > Tour Iron Mountain > > -----Original Message----- > From: veritas-bu-bounces < at > mailman.eng.auburn.edu > [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces < at > mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of tburrell > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 2:12 PM > To: VERITAS-BU < at > MAILMAN.ENG.AUBURN.EDU > Subject: [Veritas-bu] SSO Option for LTO3 drives > > > I'll chime in here for SSO too- if you have it, then zoning drives to > only one host is pointless and silly. > > We are using 3 media servers and 2 NetApp appliances attached to 6 LTO3 > drives (soon to be 8 ) on a StorageTek l700 with SSO. All media servers > can use all tape drives as can the NetApps over NDMP. Running 6.5.3.1 > (Netapps are at DOT 7.3.1) and it works very well. We have some > occasional quirks with SSO when drives have issues, but it's more than > offset by the efficiencies we gain. > > > If you already own SSO- use it. It has some quirks as others describe, > but you'll probably find you get much better utilization out of your > drives. > > Tom Burrell > > > David Turner wrote: > > > I have 1 windows master running Netbackup 6.5 with 3 media servers. I > > > have Storagetek/Sun SL8500 with 8 LTO3 tape drives (2 drives are > dedicated via NDMP to a Netapp 3050). All drives are connected via FC to > brocade etc. we have the Shared storage option but I don't think it's > working properly. How can I verify that its working? > > > > > I believe the engineers that configured the zoning on the switch > > > dedicated 2 drives per server and dedicate 2 to the Netapp. Did it makes > sense to purchase SSO? > > > > > > > I was told you should only have 2 LTO3 drives per servers because of > > > "shoe shining" and the servers ability to handle more than 2 drives > (Dell 2950's quad cores with 8gig of ram). I am wondering if the switch > should be rezoned to make use of SSO or can the zoning have an impact on > how SSO should be configured? How can these 2 play together? > > > > > As you can see I am all confused and would love for someone to explain > > > this in simple terms. > > > > > thanks > > > > > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- > |This was sent by tburrell_mn < at > yahoo.com via Backup Central. > |Forward SPAM to abuse < at > backupcentral.com. > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > The information contained in this email message and its attachments > is intended > only for the private and confidential use of the recipient(s) named > above, unless the sender expressly agrees otherwise. Transmission > of email over the Internet > is not a secure communications medium. 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