Don, If you install and configure a storage agent on your client with 2.5 TB of data, you can take a backup across the SAN.
The backup starts, the client sees in his dsm.sys file that it should go LANfree. The storage agent asks through TCP/IP the TSM server to mount him a tape in a drive. The TSM server acknowledges to the STA (TCP/IP again) that tape A is mounted in drive B. The STA writes the data directly to the tape drive through shared memory. When the backup is finished, the STA tells the TSM server that the drive can be dismounted again. No ACSLS is thus required. Best regards, Kurt > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Don > France > Verzonden: woensdag 12 december 2007 19:24 > Aan: [email protected] > Onderwerp: [ADSM-L] SL500 LAN-free without ACSLS??? > > Working a new configuration with SAN-connected Sun-STK SL500; it's working > fine, except one client has huge (2.5 TB) database, needs smaller backup > window (ie, LAN-Free might help). > > Do I still need ACSLS in order to share library and drives with storage > agents (or, can the TSM server function as the library manager)??? > > I've been reading the admin books, did define the library as shared, all > is working fine; I notice the TSM server now lists an "Owner" column in > the "q libv" response, as if I am sharing with another TSM server (though > I have only one server, so all tapes are owned by it!). > > > > > -- > Don France > Technical Architect - Tivoli Certified Consultant > Tivoli Storage Manager - Win2K/2003, AIX/Unix, OS/390 > San Jose, CA > > Phone - Voice/Cell: (408) 257-3332 *** Disclaimer *** Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep Auguste Reyerslaan 52, 1043 Brussel nv van publiek recht BTW BE 0244.142.664 RPR Brussel http://www.vrt.be/disclaimer
