Configuring LAN Free with Virtual Tape

[stevemail]

I have a TSM 5.5 server and I'm trying to configure several storage agents to use LAN Free Backup to a single virtual tape library.

Our plan was to give each of the LAN Free clients two - four virtual drives that they'd use exclusively, and give the TSM Server another bunch of drives.

It looks like the TSM Server must be have a path to every drive, even the ones for the LAN Free clients.

Do I really need to mount every drive on the TSM Server? I may have dozens of tape drives, that seems like an unnecessary complexity.

Can I dedicate particular virtual drives to each LAN Free node?

If I can't, how do I tell the TSM Server to not backup to particular drives (and let the LAN Free clients use them exclusively)?

The problem now is that the TSM Server is using all the available drives. Setting MAXNUMMP doesn't solve this.

 

[mbourne2006]

Hi

Have you considered using the device class parameter "mountlimit" to throttle the number of drives that different entities use?

No reason not to create multiple device classes for the same VTL - just means a slightly more complex storage pool setup as you'd need minimum of one per device class. As it's all virtual, does it matter ... ?

HTH

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Matthew Bourne
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