We are starting to implement a virtual tape system in our VM system; they are planning to get rid of our silos. To us, it is a black box; the zOS guys say "just mount these volumes on these tape devices; treat them like real cartridge on real 3490 drives and you're good to go."
I've tested the volumes & devices using RMSMASTR, VMTAPE, VMBACKUP, DDR and for the most part, they work well. My question is: Recovery process usually starts with a stand-alone program, like DSF or DDR. If we have to IPL a stand-alone program like DDR that happens to be in a virtual volume onto a bare LPAR, how is this done? Thanks for any info. Ismael
