And, the VSE side of IBM already has most of the code written....VSE/VTAPE. The IP flavor, should work under VM with only minor changes. The VSAM flavor, well.... since the VM side sun setted VSE/VSAM, and a CMS minidisk is limited to the size of a pack, there might be a lot more work in converting the VSAM I/O to something supported under CMS that can support hundreds of 4 GB (max) virtual tape files. Or perhaps even get rid of the 4 GB limitation as that was a VSAM limitation. If there are other vendors that can trap the tape I/O from CMS, then I'm sure that the VM development folks knew how to do that long, long time ago. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting
>>> Alan Altmark <alan_altm...@us.ibm.com> 10/6/2010 2:02 PM >>> On Wednesday, 10/06/2010 at 02:50 EDT, "Quay, Jonathan (IHG)" <jonathan.q...@ihg.com> wrote: > Is VSSI an IBM business partner? They already have a virtual tape on > minidisk product. There are others I'm sure. VSSI is an ISV. IBM Business Partners are people who sell you IBM-branded solutions. 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
