We have a couple 3494 robots that are accessed both by MVS and VM. I'm
using RMSMASTR on VM to mount the VM tapes. I just define in the
configuration files, the tape serial numbers that VM can use on
whichever robot. VM has it's own tape volsers and MVS has it's
volsers. We've never had a problem. If RMSMASTR tries to mount a tape
on an address that's in use, it can't and just tries the next one
available. I'm using VM:Backup on VM without VM:Tape and it works.
I'd like to be able to switch to the IBM products but I wouldn't want to
keep VM:Backup licensed for the amount of time that the tape retention
cycle on VM:Backup would have tapes that are still current. This is
especially the case since we are in the process of "getting rid of the
mainframe" and have been in that process for over 10 years. What would
be needed to do something like that would be a conversion tool that
could convert the VM:Backup catalog to the IBM format. I mentioned that
to Tracy Dean a year ago in Seattle at SHARE. I can certainly
understand, however, that CA is not about to permit something like that.
Jim
Little, Chris wrote:
Is it possible for RMS to use RMM running on z/OS as it's tape
management system?
If not, how does one keep the libraries separate?
If so, how does one define the interaction for use by RMS?
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