> >I think it is a different problem. If VTAPE does it, I'd like to know > >how. > No, VTAPE does not do that. It creates virtual tapes that are stored in > a library on dasd. There are no real tape units or tapes involved. It is > more like the spool system in that the vdev is not associated with any > rdev. Strictly smoke and mirrors.
OK, that's how I understood it too. Still, sounds like VSSI is more than half-way there. I wonder what it would take to get them to add SCSI tape support... naw. This really belongs in the native CP support for SCSI devices. -- db