The OSA card was to connect to a server/controller that is attached to the disk array. I checked with TSM support and they say it is supported, as long as zLinux can talk to it. We have no more FCPs available and the person who researched the possible storage solutions came up with this other solution.
Larry Bernacki From: "McKown, John" <john.mck...@healthmarkets.com> To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 08/16/2012 10:24 AM Subject: Re: zLinux support of non-mainframe disk storage Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> 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!" -- 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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
