Yes, TSM can take full adavantage of both the robotic mechanism of tape libraries/autoloaders as well as access multiple tape drives at any given time.
-- Joshua S. Bassi IBM Certified - AIX 4/5L, SAN, Shark Tivoli Certified Consultant - ADSM/TSM eServer Systems Expert -pSeries HACMP AIX, HACMP, Storage, TSM Consultant Cell (831) 595-3962 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Simeon Johnston Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 6:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Controling multiple tape drives I have a DLT auto-loader (HP Tape Library 2/28). It's a dual DLT 4000 (hopefully upgrading to 7k drives soon) with a mechanical arm etc. What I'm wondering is - Can TSM control both drives at the same time? I'm kinda assuming so since each drive has it's own SCSI ID but I'm not sure. Can it read/write to 2 drives at the same time? sim
