Hi Keith, I've worked with ALMS on customer sites in the past where a 3584 needed to be shared between multiple TSM Servers and having a single TSM Server instance (i.e. the TSM library manager) as a single point of failure wasn't deemed acceptable. Also, partitioning of physical library into logical ones may be handy where incompatible generations of tape drive technology are being used simultaneously (although, as per my posts on this topic earlier this year, TSM does offer more flexibility that most of us realised, particularly with 3584 libs).
I'm sure there are a few more scenarios where ALMS may come in handy - I've found it's certainly much more flexible than the native (non-chargeable) partitioning that the 3584 ships with. /David Mc London, UK -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keith Arbogast Sent: 17 August 2009 22:05 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] ALMS benefit to shared-library management ? Wanda, Thank you, that was very helpful. Perhaps ALMS is intended primarily for non-TSM applications. It sounds like logical libraries are superfluous if TSM control points are used correctly. If I'm going too far with that, please let me know. Best wishes, Keith Arbogast No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.58/2304 - Release Date: 08/17/09 06:08:00
