Perform the following steps to install the library-sharing update:

1. Identify the library server for each library. You can do this by enabling Medium Changer from Device Manager.
   
   We recommend that no protection groups are configured on the library server and as much as possible the library server must be of the same configuration as the library client computers.
   
   

   Important
   You must disable Medium Changer for all the other DPM servers sharing the library.

2. Configure the DPM servers to use the shared library.
   
   
   • Run the following command on all the servers that are sharing the library but do not have Medium Changer enabled:
     
     DPMinstallpath\DPM\Setup\ AddLibraryServerForDpm.exe –DpmServerWithLibrary FQDN of LibraryServer
     
     
   • Run the following command on the server that has Medium Changer enabled, for each of the servers it supports. For example, if your library server supports three servers, you will run this command three times.
     
     DPMinstallpath\DPM\Setup\ AddLibraryServerForDpm.exe –ShareLibraryWithDpm FQDN of client DPMServer
     
     
   • Run the following command on the all DPM servers except the one you want to set as the global database for library client servers.
     
     

     Caution
     Do not confuse this with the library server.

     Note
     Before running the following command, you must ensure that the login account used by the two DPM services SQL Server (MSDPM2010) and SQL Server Agent (MSDPM2010) is configured as a domain user with Administrator rights on all the computers, rather than a local account, which is configured by default.

     DPMinstallpath\DPM\Setup\ SetSharedDpmDatabase.exe –instanceName globalDPMSQLservername\instancename
     
     
   • Open any DPM server or library server and perform a rescan followed by a rescan or refresh on the other computers.
     
     

     Note
     The quickest way to get all media visible on all DPM servers is to perform a rescan followed by a detailed inventory and then mark a number of media as free on one of the servers. Then perform a refresh on the other servers.

After you have installed and configured the library-sharing update, you can use the shared tape library as if each DPM server had its own tape library.

You can set the interval for Autorefresh with DPM Management Shell using the Set-DPMGlobalProperty cmdlet. The syntax for the cmdlet is as follows:

Set-DPMGlobalProperty -DPMServerName DPM ServerName -LibraryRefreshInterval time interval in minutes

You must set LibraryRefreshInterval to a value greater than or equal to five (5). Setting it to less than five automatically resets it to zero (0), which means the refresh will not happen.

Note
Restart the DPM UI after you run the Set-DPMGlobalProperty cmdlet for the Autorefresh settings to take effect.

In the case of the library server failing, DPM will detect the failure and raise an alert. All tape jobs scheduled to run during the time the server is down will be failed. DPM will check at 20 minute intervals to see if the server is working again.

You can resolve the library server failures in the following ways:

• Check the library server and fix any problem that might have made it fail.
  
  
• Promote another server as the library server.
  
  
• Wait for the library server to come back online.
  
  

Migrating the Library Server

DPM Management Shell cmdlets for library sharing will only work on the local computer.