Hello . . . (I hope I can ask this without making it so confusing that I don't even understand what I'm asking.)
We have 2 datacenters with a SAN connecting them. All tsm instances, library manager instances, libraries, and drives are on this SAN. The 3584 libraries at each datacenter have a local/dedicated Library manager instance. All tsm instances at each site can access all tape drives at each site, via the appropriate library manager. TSM servers write backups to the local 3584, then make direct offsite copypools to the remote library. Say I have a node that performs lanfree backups to it's local tsm server and 3584 library, and then the tsm server creates the offsite copypool. All is good. During a lanfree restore, IF a PRIMARY pool tape is not available and a copy pool tape is used to access the data, that portion of the restore will go LAN - no lanfree path to the offsite tape drives or access to the offsite library manager instance. q) If I define the offsite library manager to the storage node and paths to the offsite library drives, will the storage agent be able to perform lanfree restore from the offsite copy pool? This means that the storage agent will have 3 server-to-server setups: sta -- to -- tsm server for the node sta -- to -- onsite library manager (with appropriate paths) sta -- to -- offsite library manager (with appropriate paths) Q) Does this work? Nothing I've read indicates that a storage agent can handle multiple library manager instances. Thanks Rick ----------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately, and delete the original message.