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Currently, without vios, I have
Device/
Resource Status Allocation
TAPKVL01 VARIED ON
TAP02 OPERATIONAL UNPROTECTED
TAP01 OPERATIONAL UNPROTECTED
TAP03 OPERATIONAL UNPROTECTED
I do not vary any item off/on.
If lpar1 is doing a backup it backs up to TAPKVL01. And one of the drives
randomly goes active.
If lpar2 is doing a backup it also backs up to TAPKVL01. And one of the
drives randomly goes active.
If lpar3 is doing a backup it also backs up to TAPKVL01. And the
remaining drive is used.
If lpar4 tries to do a backup it's not going to end well. We do schedule
that one's backup to run later.
This all works great. All set up with BRMS. The only problem is that
each lpar has their own fiber card all going to the same switch and then
to the same tape library.
From what everyone here is saying virtualizing the tape brings nothing to
the party unless I just want to use older tape cards which may not be
supported on IBM i but may be supported on VIOS. I would still need to
have the same number of cards?
Rob Berendt
midrange.com
