MVC = Multi-Volume Cartrige These are the back end physical cartridges (STK 9840 in my case) that virtual tape data is backed up to in a VTSS (Virtual Tape Storage Subsystem).
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clark, Kevin Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 10:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Virtual tape limits (Was: OEM software electronic download report card) Hate to interrupt with a question; this is a good thread going. The 3590 are getting huge....However, What are MVCs? -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Zelden But the other benefit (and part of the reasoning behind it and getting approval for the $$$) is the size of these back end volumes (MVCs for those of you speaketh VSM). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
