Hi Alain, I thought your finally got this ironed out and the problem was resolved?
As Les states, that restriction was removed and this should not be a problem. We have several customers who run P2P configurations and do not have this problem. VM:Tape was changed (back) to use the TARGETCAT VOLSPECIFIC option on MOUNT SCRATCH requests at least 2 GenLevels ago (probably 5 or 6 years ago). JR (Steven) Imler CA Senior Software Engineer Tel: +1 703 708 3479 Fax: +1 703 708 3267 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Les Geer (607-429-3580) > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 03:03 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Question about virtual tape in a zVM environment > > >I suppose you would be aware of our peer-to-peer problem. > > > >When we got a 2nd 3494 in 2004, we decided to make them talk > each other > >as P2P mode. This situation revealed a major problem > related to the target > >category. In basic mode, asking to mount a scratch through > vmtape, rmsmastr > >changed the category from scratch to volspecific. No more > true in P2P (for us). > >We have upgraded our 3494, we have opened PMR, we have asked the IBM > >hardware their advice with no result. We even asked the > dfsms doc to be > >changed related the p2p part to make it clearer. > > > >We had to developp something to change the categories > according to what > >has been mounted during the day. I would really like to know > if someone is > >in the same situation > > > > I was under the impression with more recent PtP microcode levels the > restriction on a mount that a target category could not be specified > was removed. > > > Best Regards, > Les Geer > IBM z/VM and Linux Development > >
