I asked this before but apparently didn't give enough information. I have a TSM 5.1.8.0 server running under Win2K with a fiber attached Overland NEO 4100 tape library having four LTO2 tape drives. This system has about 800G of local disk storage. I have a user running Win2K with the TSM 5.1.6.4 client and about 1.4T disk storage which he wants to archive weekly. I would like to back this client up directly to tape during "off hours" so that my disk caching will not be neutralized. I have defined the client with two mounts points. The LTO2 device class is defined with DRIVES mount limit. I have put this user into a domain that archives directly to an LTO2 storage pool in the library. Is it possible to cause this archive to use more than one tape drive simultaneously? I would like it to use two drives.
I was previously pointed to the manuals and Tech Redbook but was unable to find mention of this requirement. The Technical Guide for 5.1 has an item in the index called "multiple backup session" but no such explanation exists ... it actually discusses multiple restore functions. If I have missed the relevant manual sections I apologize. I was also unable to find reference to this issue at ADSM.ORG but again I may simply have searched poorly.
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