IBM ProtecTIER Implementation and Best Practices Guide

Virtual Tape Library guidelines

This chapter describes general preferred practices for optimizing the IBM System Storage TS7600 ProtecTIER family Virtual Tape Library (VTL). It describes VTL concepts, methods, and system components.

This chapter also describes the procedure and preferred practices for creating and configuring virtual libraries for optimal performance.

This chapter describes the following topics:

•ProtecTIER Virtual Tape Library introduction

•General preferred practices for the Virtual Tape Library

•Setting up the virtual library ...