Does z/VM support direct attach over FCP to tape drive?

2010-09-17 Thread ashish agarwal
Hi,
Does z/VM 5.3 support tape drive over FCP? Currently I am using it over FC but 
need to use with FCP, is it possible?


  

Re: Does z/VM support direct attach over FCP to tape drive?

2010-09-17 Thread ashish agarwal
Thanks Alan for quick reply and answering my query.

Thanks and Regards
Ashish





From: Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Sent: Fri, September 17, 2010 1:51:05 PM
Subject: Re: Does z/VM support direct attach over FCP to tape drive?

On Friday, 09/17/2010 at 03:19 EDT, ashish agarwal ashishka...@yahoo.com 
wrote:

 Does z/VM 5.3 support tape drive over FCP? Currently I am using it over 
FC but 
 need to use with FCP, is it possible?

Linux guests can use use FCP-attached tape, but not CMS or CP.

Alan Altmark

z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant
IBM System Lab Services and Training 
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