I think if you have CA1 then you get COPYCAT. This can also be used to copy your VTS tapes to physical for shipping offsite. Lizette
> Michael Wickman > > We use VDR from OpenTech to copy ml2 tapes from VTL to have an offsite copy that > is 3590 physical tapes. > > > Look up the TAPECOPY command in the dfSMS/hsm Storage Admin Guide.. > > http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/DGT2S680/2.40 > ?SHELF=DGT2BK90&DT=20090610113354 > > HTH, > > <snip> > Currently we are creating duplex tape copies for ML2 in HSM. We are using logical tape > (VTS), and we used to use Export to get the second copies offsite. However, 2 years > ago we stopped all Export/Import functions, and now have the two copies always in the > library(which is bad). > My job now, is to find a way to be able to send the second copy offsite by using native > 3590 tape. I was researching, and I am 99% sure that I cannot use different media - > logical tape for onsite and native 3590 for offsite - for the ML2 tapes. I was told to > turn the 99% into 100%. > > So here is my question: > Is there any way to use different media for the two ML2 tapes? A patch maybe? > Logically thinking, since the 3590 is larger we would never have issues with filling up > the second tape, but then have partial filled 3590 tapes offsite. > I wonder if parameters like the TAPEUTILIZATION and the > RECYCLEPERCENT are the reason why we can't mix the media. > </snip> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
