I typically use 50GB volume size if it works out well with the VTL limits. Like others have mentioned, be sure to check your VTL maximums for volumes/slots and mount points/virtual drives.
______________________________ John Monahan Infrastructure Services Consultant Logicalis, Inc. 5500 Wayzata Blvd Suite 315 Golden Valley, MN 55416 Office: 763-226-2088 Mobile: 952-221-6938 Fax: 763-226-2081 john.mona...@us.logicalis.com http://www.us.logicalis.com > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf > Of Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT > Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:36 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: VTL Tape Size > > We are about to bring up new TSM servers and one of questions that has > come up is how big to make the VTL tapes? We currently use 100GG and > have tried 10GB with our test server. > The question is what size it popular and why? > > Andy Huebner > > > > This e-mail (including any attachments) is confidential and may be > legally privileged. If you are not an intended recipient or an > authorized representative of an intended recipient, you are prohibited > from using, copying or distributing the information in this e-mail or > its attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, please > notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies > of this message and any attachments. > Thank you.