Ismael, To mount a VTS tape in your bare LPAR your VTS administrator can use the IBM Total Storage Tape Library Specialist browser-based application to do a Perform Standalone Operations (PSO) mount of a VTS tape in a VTS drive address available to your LPAR. A non-browser-based PSO method is documented in IBM ATL 3494 Operator Guide GA32-0449-07. (was true back in 2005; might use different tools now to do the standalone mount function). I've used PSO to mount stand-alone DSF and DDR VTS tapes in a bare LPAR.
The PSO screen doesn't use 4-digit VTS drive addresses, you use parts of the drive address to indicate VTS Controller number and device number. Again, this was back in 2005 and might be easier by now. Check with your Storage/VTS administrator. From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Ifurung, ism...@cio Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 6:25 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Stand-alone IPL of a Virtual tape 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 This e-mail, including any attachments, may be confidential, privileged or otherwise legally protected. It is intended only for the addressee. If you received this e-mail in error or from someone who was not authorized to send it to you, do not disseminate, copy or otherwise use this e-mail or its attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete the e-mail from your system.
