Hi Sam, it exists two ways to share 3494. One of them is using TSM Library Sharing. One TSM is the master and the others are Client. In this case, all TSMs share the same category in the definition because you only define one library from TSM Master,but I don't recomended that.
Second way is defining AIX like " Lan host attachment" or something like that in the 3494 Library manager. In this case you can define a new library in AIX TSM with a new category for scratch and private cartridges. 3494 library manager is be able to manage both TSMs. Regards, Fran Tivoli Storage Architect. Spain ----- Mensaje original ---- De: Sam Sheppard <[email protected]> Para: [email protected] Enviado: jueves, 13 de agosto, 2009 0:03:38 Asunto: Sharing 3494 We are installing a new AIX server to replace an existing Solaris box and need to share our 3494/TS1120 drives for some period of time. In looking at various documentation on sharing the 3494 between two TSM servers, it looks like I need to do the following: 1. Setup server-server communication (existing Solaris box will be the library manager). 2. Define the library on the AIX box with the primarylibmanager parm pointing to the Solaris. 3. Define AIX-type paths on the Solaris box to each drive with device=/dev/rmtx type operands as opposed to the /dev/xmt drives defined to Solaris. 4. Define DEVCLASS/STORAGE pools on AIX. Two questions; do I have the correct definitions in number 3 above and although the examples in the manuals don't show it, I assume the library definition on the AIX box should also specify different category codes from the ones currently in use on the Solaris server? Thanks Sam Sheppard San Diego Data Processing Corp. (858)-581-9668
