Examples Of Configurations For Sharing An Ibm - IBM TS3500 Introduction And Planning Manual

1
Library Controller
Logical
Library 1
Logical
Library 2
Logical
Library 3
The library is partitioned into separate logical libraries that
independently communicate with separate applications
via separate control paths.
3
Library Controller
Logical
Library 1
All hosts are running the same application and
communicate with the library via a single,
common control path.
Figure 11. Examples of configurations for sharing an IBM System Storage TS3500 Tape Library. Lines from one or
more drives to the library controller represent control paths.
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Drive
Application 1
1
iSeries
Drive
2
Drive
Application 2
3
Drive
Windows
4
Drive
Application 3
5
pSeries
Drive
6
Drive
Host 1
1
Drive
Host 2
2
Drive
3
Drive
4
Drive
5
Drive
6
2
Library Controller
Drive
Drive
Drive
Logical
Library 1
Drive
Drive
Drive
All hosts are running the same application.
One host communicates with the library via a single
control path. Other hosts send requests to that host
via the network.
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Library Controller
Drive
Drive
Drive
Logical
Library 1
Drive
Drive
Drive
All hosts are running the same application.
Each host communicates with the same logical
library via multiple control paths. The additional
control paths reduce the possibility that a single
point of failure will affect the whole library.
Host 1
1
Host 2
2
Host 3
3
Host 4
4
Host 5
5
Host 6
6
Host 1
1
Host 2
2
Host 3
3
Host 4
4
Host 5
5
Host 6
6