>You could determine which drives had tapes mounted in them, but it would >be a matter of piecing through the activity log looking for mounts and >dismounts, which can be laborious. ...
There are third-party packages which do this kind of thing, to help make TSM administration a bit easier. Generally, though, it's largely a matter of spreading server administration processes and client sessions over time to minimize contention for serial resources like tape drives. Richard Sims
