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Status Under review
Workspace Storage Protect Family
Categories Spectrum Protect (Server)
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 1, 2025

RELATED IDEAS

Library initialization at SP Server startup needs improvement

When a Storage Protect server is starting up, it is querying the inventory of each tape library defined to this Storage Protect server. the Storage Protect server is using a 256KB buffer to store the inventory information returned by the tape library. If the inventory information returned by the tape libraries is larger than the 256KB buffer, the Storage Protect server needs to process the 256KB of inventory information which is currently in the buffer, and then request the next 256KB of inventory data from the tape library, filling the 256KB buffer again, and so on ... The Storage Protect server needs to do this processing, until the complete tape library inventory is processed. 
For tape library with a small and normal inventory up to 5000 storage slots the library initialization processing time is acceptable, but for virtual tape library with hundreds of drives and hundred-thousands of storage slots the library initialization processing time can delay the Storage Protect server startup time up to 30 minutes and more, which is not acceptable.

Library inventory initialization time for virtual tape libraries with a huge inventory at Storage Protect server startup needs to be improved to shorten Storage Protect server startup time to an acceptable level. 

Idea priority High

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