Hi All, We currently have 1 TSM server ver 5.3.3 on AIX 5.3, with a large database, 228GB. We have finally received approval to move this to a new server, upgrade to 5.5 and split the clients up to reduce the DB size. We would like to have 4 LPAR's created on the new server, 1 for a Library manager and the other 3 for client databases. Our library is a TS3584 with 12 LTO2 drives. We are adding another expansion cabinet and adding 4 LTO3 drives but are staying with LTO2 tapes for now. Our current library configuration has the library shared but it is not a library manager since we only had one server.
Due to the size and complexity of our environment, we contracted with a vendor to do the setup and start the process. Now that the contract has been signed and we have started our planning sessions, the vendor is having a problem with the library manager/client configuration. At first he said that there was no such thing. I sent him documentation and they also found an IBM redbook on the subject but now says that it is too complicated since our server is so large and that I will need to partition the library, with some data loss!! I am strongly against this setup and would like to know if I am wrong. How difficult would it be to create a library manager and client setup for an existing environment? I currently have over 1000 tapes onsite and as many offsite and naturally do not want to lose any data. Thanks for the feedback. Debbie Haberstroh Server Administration
