Is VSSI an IBM business partner? They already have a virtual tape on minidisk product. There are others I'm sure.
-----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 2:42 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: IPL VM/VM Issues On Wednesday, 10/06/2010 at 12:56 EDT, Mark Wheeler <mwheele...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I think this is an issue that needs to be addressed. This is a critical set > > of files, which z/VM only has tools to back up to tape, and many sites no > > longer even have tape drives to use to create these tape backups. We no > > longer have any tape drives, real or virtual, attached to the systems, so > > SPXTAPE does us absolutely no good. > > > > -- > > Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation .~. > > Amen, Brother! Anyone who has a requirement for tapeless operation of z/VM needs to be badgering your IBM client exec, account rep or business partner, as well as opening a requirement with IBM. It's not that we don't know about the requirement, but we need a way to measure the demand so that it can be prioritized properly. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott
