I would recommend use only one library manager. This simplifies lots of headache in future. I am having one 3584 tape library with 18 LTO2 and 6 LTO4 under same library manager and it works like charm. One library manager means one volume history which is lot easier to maintain. Good luck
-----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of PAC Brion Arnaud Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:54 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] ALMS activation on productive shared TS3500 library Hi All, A probably trivial question, but I'm unable to find necessary information in the books ... Our TSM setup is actually made of a TS3500 library equipped with 15 LT03 drives and an expansion frame, the whole being shared between 2 TSM servers, thru the mean of "standard" library sharing (contiguous drive and slots for each logical library). So far, our logical libraries are looking like: - 1st partition : 7 tape drives (frame 1 row 1-7) and slots 1025 -1375 - 2nd partition : 8 tape drives (frame 1 rows 8-12, frame 2 rows 1-3) and slots 1376-1707 Note that the 3 last drives (frame 2 rows 1-3) where recently added, and are so far not used by any TSM server ... What we intend to do is to activate ALMS to create a 3rd partition which should be made of 3 drives (the 3 ones which are still not attributed) + approx. 50 tape slots, and to use that one for a new TSM server. My questions are : - what are the possible issues (if any) that I could face after having activated ALMS and created the 3rd partition ? - Is there any chance that our productive TSM servers could loose track of the already in use volumes, or of their drives ? - Will my actual partitioning still exist after ALMS activation ... Well, in some words : what shall I care about, before activating ALMS on an already partitioned and productive library ? Hopefully someone already went thru this and will give me some hints ! Thanks in advance ... Cheers. Arnaud ************************************************************************ ****** Panalpina Management Ltd., Basle, Switzerland, CIT Department Viadukstrasse 42, P.O. Box 4002 Basel/CH Phone: +41 (61) 226 11 11, FAX: +41 (61) 226 17 01 Direct: +41 (61) 226 19 78 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ ******
