Last week, Bill Boyer posted a message (which I no longer have) about splitting a database and library sharing. and ownership of tapes. I saw one response suggesting exporting and importing the data, but nothing else.
Did anyone ever come up with other ideas on this? I'm actually getting ready to do something similar, splitting a very large TSM database by loading a duplicate instance onto the same AIX server and then selectively deleting from each. I'm presuming that using the TSM library sharing function will create the same ownership issue for us as Bill is/was experiencing. There is far too much data for export/import to be practical. In our case, all of the tapes for one (legacy) instance will reside outside of the library unless needed for a specific restore, and no new data will be added. Can I leave the library definitions intact in the second instance, and just make sure the two systems never have the same drive online at the same time? I would then check tapes into the legacy instance of TSM when restores were required. As this is old data, it would only happen on an occasional basis. We're on TSM 5.2.3.1 on AIX 5.2, using a 3584 with LTO2 drives. Thanks! _________________________________ Kathleen Hallahan Freddie Mac
