We have a good compliment of native 3592 E06 tape drives in addition to VTS/VTL libraries and will. We even have a pair of 3490 drives for data exchange with agencies that don't support data transmission. Tape is far from dead but we are very restrictive about access to native tape drives. The storage team uses ordinary SMS ACS routines to insure that only approved and sensible uses of high capacity native attached 3592 tape are made.
Best Regards, Sam Knutson, GEICO System z Team Leader mailto:sknut...@geico.com (office) 301.986.3574 (cell) 301.996.1318 "Think big, act bold, start simple, grow fast..." -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 3:17 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Strange thought - ADRDSSU output to a UNIX pipe. This though occurred to me when Lindy said that no mainframe shop he knows of has tape drives. I wonder what others would think of the possibility of being able to use both ADRDSSU and AMATERSE in a UNIX environment. Why? Well, image doing a ADRDSSU DUMP of a disk (or even a logical dataset backup) and sending it to a UNIX pipe instead of a data set. This pipe would be the input to AMATERSE. Which would send its output to another pipe. Which could really be UNIX command which connects to a "server" which has either USB (2.0 or 3.0) or eSATA disks (magnetic, SSD, or flash) available to it. The "server" outputs the data to files these disks instead of to physical tapes. Let's face it, 3390s are tiny compared to distributed disk sizes. How big is a "3390-54"? About 54 gigs. My home PC has a 512gig SSD, a 1.5 TiB HD, and a 2.0 TiB HD on it. The 2.0 TB HD is in an eSATA tower which has 3 empty slots in it. That isn't counting the 2 Gib mirrored NAS (OK, it's old and small). With compression, I could literally back up the company's entire mainframe environment (we're small) onto my home PC's eSATA drive. With room to spare. Yes, I realize that my home disk is not generally rated as reliable as the enterprise disk. But what about SSD instead of physical tape? Have I been into the "holiday cheer" too early this year? -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ==================== This email/fax message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this email/fax is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all paper and electronic copies of the original message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
