Hi Milton, When TSM writes simultaneously to the copypool would this be on the 2nd Library for duel tape backup?
"Johnson, Milton" wrote: > You should be able to create a PRIMARY STGPOOL named TAPEPOOL and a > COPY STGPOOL named COPYPOOL with both of them having a sequential access > (tape) DEVICE CLASS such as DLT or LTO. Both stgpools can be in the > same library. On the stgpool TAPEPOOL definition you set the > COPYSTGPOOLS parameter to COPYPOOL. Then when your client backs up to > TAPEPOOL, TSM will simultaneously write to COPYPOOL. Of course having > an adequate number of tape drives is required. > > H. Milton Johnson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Timothy Hughes > Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 8:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Duel tape write to LTO's > > Hello, > > I was told that this could work If I have 2 backup disk pools. > > Like I have backup diskpool, then I can have like say a DB2 backup > diskpool then I can have the next storage pool setting for the db backup > pool so I can migrate to the one Library then for the other backup disk > pool I can have it migrate to the other Library. > > I think I can have simultaneous write to two different libraries this > way. Still not sure if this would work. > > TSM Library setup > > TSM SERVER LTO_LIB LIBRARY > > TSM SERVER RMT1 DRIVE LTO_LIB > TSM SERVER RMT2 DRIVE LTO_LIB > TSM SERVER RMT3 DRIVE LTO_LIB > TSM SERVER RMT4 DRIVE LTO_LIB > > TSM SERVER RMT_LTO LIBRARY > > TSM SERVER RMT5 DRIVE RMT_LTO > TSM SERVER RMT6 DRIVE RMT_LTO > TSM SERVER RMT7 DRIVE RMT_LTO > TSM SERVER RMT8 DRIVE RMT_LTO > > Any other ideas comments are welcome! > > Thanks > > "Johnson, Milton" wrote: > > > It is the basic philosophy of TSM to have only one copy of a file in a > > > PRIMARY STORAGE POOL. With TSM 5.x you can simultaneously write to a > > PRIMARY STORAGE POOL and COPY STORAGE POOL (see HELP DEFINE STGPOOL). > > > > H. Milton Johnson > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of Timothy Hughes > > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:28 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Duel tape write to LTO's > > > > Hello all, > > > > We are backing our server from disk to tape on a LTO 3584 Library > > drives > > 4 drives (1-4) > > > > We just added a 2nd library LTO (same 3584) Is it possible to backup > > to the 2nd library LTO simultaneously. > > > > In other words were backing up to tape 1 on Lib_LTO and would like to > > backup to Tape 2 on the new library at the same time. We want Duel > > tape backup and don't want to use copy groups if we don't have to. > > > > 3584 Lib_LTO A has 4 drives (1-4) > > 3584 Rmt_LTO B has 4 drives (5-8) > > > > TSM version 5.2.3.1 > > AIX 5.2 > > > > Thanks in advance for any help!