On Friday, 03/09/2007 at 05:30 EST, David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Restoring a 1 pack VM system, then doing multiple DFDSS restores allows > you to have multiple restores occur in parallel, up to the number of > tape drives you have available, which dramatically speed up the restore > process. Standalone DFDSS is still pretty dumb about making use of > multiple devices; restoring under VM removes much of this stupidity.
You make my point, actually: If the intent is to exploit z/VM's capabilities, then create backups using the z/VM utilities, not z/OS. Otherwise, you have to use multiple LPARs to accomplish the same task. So it's a question of how much z/VM will cost (on standard engines) vs. how much multiple LPARs will cost. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
