We have physically shared, but "logically partititioned" VTS amongst our multi- system and mono-plexes. For individual tapes, we make the tapes available to other systems as needed, as Kees described.
For mass copies, such as datacenter consolidation or spinoff, we have set up VTS PtP PPRC connections. I could put you in touch with our Storage Management team if you want details. For things like z/OS installations or major maintenance upgrades, where we ship a logical SYSRES package with the entire SMP/E environment to a remote datacenter, we have used tape-to-tape ftp. We just recently helped a customer with a tape-to-tape ftp between complexes, but so far, that's the only application we know of. I guess it depends on what you're doing. Regards, Art Gutowski Ford Motor Company ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
