TL891 with 2 35/70 - 2 Servers?

[Jason Husbands]

I'm really new to DLT libraries so forgive me ignorance.

I have a TL891 with 2 drives. As per the forum, if you have 2 drives from left to right on the back of the unit:

Server Cable
2 to 3
3 cable from 2
Term
Server Cable
Term

Now I understand this and this all works fine but my question is, can you hook up a second server to this unit? I was thinking not because it would only see the 2nd drive for the 2nd server vs. the library and slots. I guess I'm looking for re-confirmation. I'm using Veritas Backup Exec 10. If this can be done let me now what I need to make it work and thank you very much for your time.

Jason

[Jacob Zeeman]

Hi Jason,

The configuration you are asking for can be done with some enterprise class back-up applications. These applications are aware of other tape devices on the network, and can use them all as a single device if you have the correct clients installed.

However in general this is not something you will want to do for the reason you posted above.