An external library is controlled by software,
for example a drive such as IBM Enterprise Removable Media Manager
or Gresham Enterprise DistribuTape. To use the drives in the external
library, the Tivoli® Storage
Manager server
and the storage agent act independently as a client application to
the software.
Before you begin
Before you install and configure the external-library environments,
complete the following steps:
- Ensure that you understand the overall installation and configuration
process because it takes place on different systems at different times.
- Ensure that you have the information that is recorded in the configuration-information
worksheets.
- Obtain an external library manager that can use the external library
interface, for example, IBM® Enterprise
Removable Media Manager.
- You can use the Gresham's Enterprise DistribuTape
to manage the environment instead of ACSLS.