Tape Library four tape drives
I have a library, I divided it into four Partitions. Partition 1, Partition 2, Partition3, Partion4. Four drives in the library. Drive 1 assigned to Partition 1 etc.... I assigned one drive to each partition. I run the duplication job - from Partition1 (Drive1) to Partition 2 (Drive2). In this job BackupExec for write always used Drive2 only. Its good. But for read (if Drive1 busy) BE used Drive3 or Drive4. This bad!! For Partition1 assign Drive1 only!
I have five Jobs start in 12:00 pm
job1 - backup to disk, duplicate to Partition1 (Drive1) and after duplicate from Partition1 to Partition2 (Drive2).
Job2 - backup to disk, duplicate to Partition3 (Drive3) and after duplicate from Partition3 to Partition4 (Drive4).
Job3 - backup to disk, duplicate to Partition1 (Drive1) and after duplicate from Partition1 to Partition2 (Drive2).
Job4 - backup to disk, duplicate to Partition3 (Drive3) and after duplicate from Partition3 to Partition4 (Drive4).
Job5 - backup to disk, duplicate to Partition3 (Drive3) and after duplicate from Partition3 to Partition4 (Drive4).
If Drive1 busy BE used Drive3 or Drive4 for read data in Job1... stage - duplicate from Partition1(Drive1) to Partition2 (Drive2). - This bad. Please help. When Job1 used Drive3 or Drive4 other jobs (Job2, Job4, Job5) - mode waiting...not possible for write idle devices...