You can run TSM with only a single drive, but then you will have a problem doing reclamation and make it more difficult to create a copy of your tape pool, for off-site. The A/E feature is a licensing feature. It means that you are using a larger library and thus you will be paying more for your TSM Server License. This feature applies to the 3584 library as well as 3583 libraries with more than 2 drives.
-----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Douglas Currell Sent: July 15, 2002 6:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 2 drives are required for LTO? One of the System Admins has been talking to an IBM Business partner and was told, apparently, that the use of two drives is not only recommended but is also required with LTO. Is this true? If so, why? I checked out http://www.tivoli.com/support/storage_mgr/devices/lto.html#notes and noticed that some LTO libraries are noted A/E meaning that Advanced Managed Library feature" is required? Is there a technical reason for this? ______________________________________________________________________ Post your ad for free now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
