how about using primary disk pool large enough to cache one night backups? Multiple streams on tapes are not supported in TSM, and if they vere they would slow restores down by they very nature.
regards juraj > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Schroeder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 4:46 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: multiple clients t a single drive > > > When my backups are running, there are a bunch of concurrent sessions > going. I have about 55 servers sharing four tape drives. > Although there > might be 10 sessions going at once, only 4 are doing any > work. Is there > any way to get multiple backup sessions to write to a single drive > concurrently. I know that there is excess capacity on > throughput to the > drives and to the TSM server, so I know the infrastructure > could handle a > larger load. Can TSM? > > Rob Schroeder > Famous Footwear >
