Re: Shared Storagetek L180 library
The L180 is supported by ACSLS. Terry D. Schmitt Software Engineer, Sr. ACSLS Change Team 303.661.5874 phone 303.661.5712 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL -Original Message- From: Chris Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: February 19, 2003 4:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Shared Storagetek L180 library To the best of my knowledge, the STK L180 does not support ACSLS. It is pure SCSI based library control. However, what you probably could would be to use Tivoli's native library sharing functionality, introduce a SCSI multiplexer (since the TSM server would need visibility to each of the drives in order to allow native library sharing to work...unlike an ACSLS environment) and define two drives to each server, limit the mount points on the master TSM server to two and then make sure that the first two drive in the drive list are the drives that are not defined to the other TSM servers. Possibly a little more complex than you might like but it should work. The alternative would be to go to a larger library that was ACSLS controlled and then the process is a little more streamlined. Christopher Young -Original Message- From: Bill Mansfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 9:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Shared Storagetek L180 library I would like to share a STK L180 library with 6 SCSI drives among three independent TSM servers. No drive sharing required, just want two drives per TSM server. It appears that the L180 has a single control path. Can I get this done with ACSLS? Is anyone doing something like this? Any advice is welcome. Thanks. William Mansfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Shared Storagetek L180 library
To the best of my knowledge, the STK L180 does not support ACSLS. It is pure SCSI based library control. However, what you probably could would be to use Tivoli's native library sharing functionality, introduce a SCSI multiplexer (since the TSM server would need visibility to each of the drives in order to allow native library sharing to work...unlike an ACSLS environment) and define two drives to each server, limit the mount points on the master TSM server to two and then make sure that the first two drive in the drive list are the drives that are not defined to the other TSM servers. Possibly a little more complex than you might like but it should work. The alternative would be to go to a larger library that was ACSLS controlled and then the process is a little more streamlined. Christopher Young -Original Message- From: Bill Mansfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 9:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Shared Storagetek L180 library I would like to share a STK L180 library with 6 SCSI drives among three independent TSM servers. No drive sharing required, just want two drives per TSM server. It appears that the L180 has a single control path. Can I get this done with ACSLS? Is anyone doing something like this? Any advice is welcome. Thanks. William Mansfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Shared Storagetek L180 library
Actually, I have an L180 managed by ACSLS. We're not currently sharing it, but we have in the past. We did drive sharing, so we used the Gresham EDT software. We had drives - FC SAN - multiple TSM servers - EDT - ACSLS - L180. Alex Paschal Freightliner, LLC (503) 745-6850 phone/vmail -Original Message- From: Chris Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 3:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Shared Storagetek L180 library To the best of my knowledge, the STK L180 does not support ACSLS. It is pure SCSI based library control. However, what you probably could would be to use Tivoli's native library sharing functionality, introduce a SCSI multiplexer (since the TSM server would need visibility to each of the drives in order to allow native library sharing to work...unlike an ACSLS environment) and define two drives to each server, limit the mount points on the master TSM server to two and then make sure that the first two drive in the drive list are the drives that are not defined to the other TSM servers. Possibly a little more complex than you might like but it should work. The alternative would be to go to a larger library that was ACSLS controlled and then the process is a little more streamlined. Christopher Young -Original Message- From: Bill Mansfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 9:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Shared Storagetek L180 library I would like to share a STK L180 library with 6 SCSI drives among three independent TSM servers. No drive sharing required, just want two drives per TSM server. It appears that the L180 has a single control path. Can I get this done with ACSLS? Is anyone doing something like this? Any advice is welcome. Thanks. William Mansfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Shared Storagetek L180 library
Hi Yes, you can do this with ACSLS. The L180 doesnt have it's own library manager. This is why ACSLS is required to share the library. If your going to dedicate 2 drives to each server, then ACSLS is all you need. If you want to share the drives dynamically, you also need to install Gresham EDT-DistribuTape on all TSM servers that will use the L180 library(including Storage Agents). EDT-DistribuTape will also be needed if you want to use LAN-free functionality with the L180. We're not doing this with a L180, but we are doing it with the L700E and the 9310 libraries. ACSLS is a very good library manager, with a single UI and a very stable functionality. Best Regards Daniel Sparrman --- Daniel Sparrman Exist i Stockholm AB Propellervägen 6B 183 62 HÄGERNÄS Växel: 08 - 754 98 00 Mobil: 070 - 399 27 51 Bill Mansfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-01-31 22:05 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Shared Storagetek L180 library I would like to share a STK L180 library with 6 SCSI drives among three independent TSM servers. No drive sharing required, just want two drives per TSM server. It appears that the L180 has a single control path. Can I get this done with ACSLS? Is anyone doing something like this? Any advice is welcome. Thanks. William Mansfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Shared Storagetek L180 library
I would like to share a STK L180 library with 6 SCSI drives among three independent TSM servers. No drive sharing required, just want two drives per TSM server. It appears that the L180 has a single control path. Can I get this done with ACSLS? Is anyone doing something like this? Any advice is welcome. Thanks. William Mansfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]
