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In other words, if we use local Storage Agents for LAN-free backup of the virtual
client (CL_MSCS01_TSM), the following conditions must be taken into account:
The failure of the node RADON means that all local services will also fail,
including RADON_STA (the local Storage Agent). MSCS will cause a failover to
the second node where the local Storage Agent will be started again, but with a
different name (POLONIUM_STA). It is this discrepancy in naming which will
cause the LAN-free backup to fail, as clearly, the virtual client will be unable to
connect to RADON_STA.
Tivoli Storage Manager server does not know what happened to the first Storage
Agent, becaus ...