-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 8:46 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: zLinux support of non-mainframe disk storage
OSA card??? You can attach standard SAN storage (SCSI?) to a z series and access it via an FCP card. An FCP card is basically a FICON channel with specialized microcode. I *will* be corrected if my memory has ECC checked on this. We don't use them. z/VM and z/Linux (and z/VSE) support FCP attached DASD. And I think you need another "gizmo", an SVC (SAN Volume Controller). I am so jealous of people who work at a shop which really uses the z. We are moribund on the z. IT Management is convinced that "Windows is the one, true way!" Sorry to hear that.... -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of > Larry Bernacki > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 8:29 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: zLinux support of non-mainframe disk storage > > Does zLinux support non-IBM disk array storage? > > The background: > We're currently running a Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) server 5.5 on > zOS, and have found out that TSM 5.5 is the last version on zOS. IBM > does not plan to support TSM v6 on zOS. > So we need to move our TSM server. IBM has a migration path for TSM > v5.5 > to TSM v6 onto either a system running AIX or zLinux. > Since we run zLinux, we're going with the zLinux option. > To decrease the storage cost and help with out disaster recovery, we > are looking at moving the TSM storage pools to a non-zSeries storage > medium. > > We are looking at a disk storage array direct connected via an OSA > card. > Does anyone know if zLinux can utilize disk arrays in this manner? > > Thank you in advance, > Larry Bernacki > Laboratory Technical Services Branch, ANG-E13 FAA William J. Hughes > Technical Center Atlantic City International Airport, NJ 08405 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ========================== This email, and any files transmitted with it, is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this message by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
