Greg Grimm writes: >We are going to replace our tape hardware (Tape Library (ATL), VTS). In >investigating how our "other operating systems" use tapes I found that they >use IBM TSM to talk directly to the ATL - and get high tape utilization (i.e. >stacking multiple files on tape). kind of like a software VTS. Is there a product >that supports this function on z/OS?
If the goal is to get higher tape utilization, there are many ways to do that. "Tape stacking" is one good way, and there are many such products. One example is IBM Tivoli Tape Optimizer for z/OS: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/tape-optimizer-zos/ And there are many other products in this general category. Here are some that might be applicable: CA - BrightStor CA-Vtape CA - BrightStor CA-1 CopyCat UNICOM - CARTS/TS OpenTech - Tape/Copy Innovation Data Processing - FATSCOPY BetaSystems - Beta 55 Storage Optimization Manager SEA - ZELA Tape Stacking Cartagena Software - TelTape/390 There have been a lot of discussions in the IBM-MAIN archives about hardware VTSes and when they have value. That's probably worth some study. It could very well be that hardware VTS is the way to go. Also, I couldn't quite tell if you know about Tivoli Storage Manager for z/OS. Sounds like it, but just mentioning it. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan and IBM Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
