The underlying files for our VTA are .aws I've never needed to read them native, but I expect the Hercules tool set could do it.
Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of McKown, John > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 12:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Accessing MF Data From Distributed Systems > > Depends on the device. Our ATL is connected via SCSI to a Wintel server as > well as via Ficon to our z. The individual drives within the ATL are actually SCSI > (3590) and a drive is either assigned to the Wintel controller or the Ficon > attached controller. But they are the same drives. Switching does require a > CE. > > Now, even if you can physically read the data on the tapes, can you process > it? That's a different question entirely. If it is sequential data written by a > COBOL program, and you have the COBOL copybook describing it, then > maybe. But much of our data is written using vendor utilities such as IDCAMS > EXPORT or CA-ISM FAVER. Reading that would be a trip. Or a DFDSS backup > dump. Or HSM. > > -- > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > > Administrative Services Group > > HealthMarkets(r) > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > (817) 255-3225 phone * > [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or > proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact > the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. > HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by > the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life > Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of > TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dazzo, Matt > > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 2:08 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Accessing MF Data From Distributed Systems > > > > Luckily this required info is not for our shop, another MF is biting > > the dust here in the north east. The powers that be are concerned > > about accessing data that resides in a VTS/ATL device once the plug is > > pulled on the MF, should there be a need to. Is there any > > software/hardware product that provides the capability to access data > > in that device from a distributed platform, most likely HP or Linux. > > That's all the info I have for now. > > > > Anybody been there, done that? > > > > Thanks Matt > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the > archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
