> But it seems, I could have a FCP connection from the z/890 to the > FC-SAN switch....thingie...and then I should have access to those tape > drives. Right? And these drives should be able to be used by our > Linux images (provided the images have the right support).
Only from Linux, correct. VM and the other traditional OSes can't see or use them. > My guess at this time, is there is no such thing as FCP attached tape > drives on the mainframe. Perhaps it will be available in the future. > So, what's up? Is this a non-productive path that I don't need to > explore? Push the WAVV and SHARE requirements I submitted for emulation of channel attached tape over FCP. Beyond that, you're SOL for now. -- db
