1. Nothing wrong with it per say.. It works great. You'll have to allocate some disk space for your reclamation pool but in my experience it works well. Also there are the obvious limitations that having only 1 drive presents such as when someone requests a restore, if their data is on tape and another user is already doing a restore they'll have to wait for that drive to free up. Also similar potential limitations in backup or migration of data. No redundancy so if the drive dies you're out of luck until it's fixed or replaced (can't backup or restore any data to/from tape). The same things you'd bring up if you were considering 2 drives vs 3.. or 4.. The NEED for 2 drives over one is mostly a throughput, redundancy, and availability issue. 2. nothing wrong with an autoloader.. works just like a tape library more or less.
Gerald Wichmann Senior Systems Development Engineer Zantaz, Inc. 925.598.3099 (w) -----Original Message----- From: Ofer vaknin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 6:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TSM with library & 1 drive Importance: High Hi all 1. do anybody know of any problems that TSM can not be install with IBM library with 1 drive only, and must need 2 drives ? 2. is TSM can be install with IBM autoloader ,and how will it function ? Thanks In Advance Ofer Vaknin ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** This e-mail has been captured and archived by the ZANTAZ Digital Safe(tm) service. For more information, visit us at www.zantaz.com. IMPORTANT: This electronic mail message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone or directly reply to the original message(s) sent. Thank you.
