In many ways, planning is the most important phase of a product’s implementation and administration cycle. Time spent in planning is fully repaid in time, effort, and money saved by a well-implemented installation and a smooth transition to full system integration. This topic identifies key areas that must be addressed during the planning stage for tape library support, as well as installation procedures to follow when you are ready to install OAM. Rather than repeat large amounts of information available elsewhere, this topic focuses specifically on issues related to tape library dataservers and provides references to other resources.