Tape drive types?

2007-02-20 Thread Nick Laflamme
Has anyone mapped out the values to tape drives types returned by Q cuu ID? Perhaps even listed which types are compatible with what sorts of tapes? (Yes, Herndon, I'm looking in your direction.) I'm trying to come up with a better way of handling tape drives at a DR site, but I figure they

Re: Tape drive types?

2007-02-20 Thread Dave Jones
Nick, you might try using Kris Buelen's QDEVS exec. It uses the XASTOR package off of the VM download page at IBM, and returns a lot of info on the real devices attached to your VM system, including tape drives from the old 3420 to the new 3590 drives. DJ Nick Laflamme wrote: Has anyone

Re: Tape drive types?

2007-02-20 Thread Loren Charnley, Jr.
Nick, I am in the last stages of planning our next DR, perform on 2/24. When I first started, we sent out our requirements to IBM and they responded in kind with the VM Directory for their floor system for our machine. In the directory they have all of the hardware that we are contracted for with

Re: Tape drive types?

2007-02-20 Thread Rich Greenberg
On: Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 10:29:41AM -0500,Nick Laflamme Wrote: } Has anyone mapped out the values to tape drives types returned by Q cuu } ID? Perhaps even listed which types are compatible with what sorts of } tapes? (Yes, Herndon, I'm looking in your direction.) Nick, Not sure if this will

VM and CA-Top Secret

2007-02-20 Thread James Matterwise
Hi all, If I install CA-Top Secret / VM and CA-Top Secret / VSE, what's the best way to manage the overall security? I mean, can I do it from just CA-Top Secret VM (one security database) and control all VSE machines (and maybe other VMs as well) only by using CA-Top Secret under VM? Does

VM and CA-Top Secret

2007-02-20 Thread James Matterwise
Hi all, If I install CA-Top Secret / VM and CA-Top Secret / VSE, what's the best way to manage the overall security? I mean, can I do it from just CA-Top Secret VM (one security database) and control all VSE machines (and maybe other VMs as well) only by using CA-Top Secret under VM? Does

Re: Tape drive types?

2007-02-20 Thread Imler, Steven J
Nick, Of course VM:Tape can do this ... but you're obviously looking for a stand-alone utility (which I've thought about making, but unfortunately have not ... I almost started this a couple of weeks ago ... ). The primary issues you face are needing to either be able to physically ATTACH the

Re: Tape drive types?

2007-02-20 Thread Kris Buelens
Small correction: even though I've been working a bit on QDEVS and friends, the real author of QDEVS is Michael Tanzer. Honor to who deserves it. -- Kris Buelens, IBM Belgium, VM customer support

Re: Tape drive types?

2007-02-20 Thread Colleen Brown
DEVTYPE might give you some of the information you are looking for. Do a HELP DEVTYPE and you should find it. Colleen M Brown IBM z/VM and Related Products Development and Service Nick Laflamme [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 02/20/2007

Re: Tape drive types?

2007-02-20 Thread Nick Laflamme
Loren Charnley, Jr. wrote: Nick, I am in the last stages of planning our next DR, perform on 2/24. When I first started, we sent out our requirements to IBM and they responded in kind with the VM Directory for their floor system for our machine. In the directory they have all of the hardware

Re: Tape drive types?

2007-02-20 Thread Nick Laflamme
Colleen Brown wrote: DEVTYPE might give you some of the information you are looking for. Do a HELP DEVTYPE and you should find it. At first glance, DEVTYPE works with virtual devices, not real devices. That's not a flaw, but it's a weakness compared to Q cuu ID I'm pretty sure Q cuu ID

Re: Tape drive types?

2007-02-20 Thread Loren Charnley, Jr.
I guess that I am very fortunate in that I only have 2 types of drives. When we restore VM VSE systems we use one type of drive, when we restore data we use another type drive. So far, knock on wood, we have been able to communicate which set of drives to use at a particular time and all has gone

Re: Tape drive types?

2007-02-20 Thread Rich Greenberg
On: Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 12:00:44PM -0500,Nick Laflamme Wrote: } If I call the tape hangers at a DR site, they shouldn't have to care } what tape drive addresses I'm used to. It's a lot easier for all } involved if I can I can say Hang IM0123 on B00, not, Hang IM0123 on } the drive I know as

OpenSolaris and z/VM

2007-02-20 Thread Dave Jones
I was just browsing the session abstracts for the upcoming IBM zExpo in Munich, Germany when I found this: L04 Porting OpenSolaris to zSeries: A Long Way Home (Dr. David Boyes, Sine Nomine Associates) What was involved in getting Solaris running on zSeries? What does it take to make a new

Re: VM:Secure Abends

2007-02-20 Thread Schuh, Richard
I thought that everyone did that. Certainly those of us who had to live with 3380 A/B-04's do it or its DIRMAINT equivalent. Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- - snip -- I run daily VMX backups (VMXBKP03 and VMXBKP01), so I have the (fairly) current source available for

IFL Pricing

2007-02-20 Thread Dennis Schaffer
Did anyone see this article regarding Nationwide: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196700327 The specific item I wonder about is: The IFLs don't come cheap. They're listed at $95,000 each on IBM's Web site. But hundreds of small servers didn't come cheaply

Re: IFL Pricing

2007-02-20 Thread Tom Duerbusch
$95K was quoted in the FAQ (page 23) http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/z9bc/zsq02226_usen_02.pdf Also the IFL is 37% faster then the IFL on the z/890 (this was for the z9/bc box). However, the IFL in the EC box is still $125K. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/20/2007 4:18 PM

Re: IFL Pricing

2007-02-20 Thread Jim Elliott [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Did anyone see this article regarding Nationwide: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196700327 The specific item I wonder about is: The IFLs don't come cheap. They're listed at $95,000 each on IBM's Web site. But hundreds of small servers didn't come cheaply