Re: 3590 tape drive support in zLinux/zVM?

2008-01-16 Thread Shimon Lebowitz
Quoting Schuh, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED]: And for those, you might look at VSSI's VTAPE product. It can use a virtual tape for SPXTAPE. It might be cheaper than a tape drive (+ controller + cables + maintenance contract). I don't know what size your system is, but the VSSI products are priced

Re: 3590 tape drive support in zLinux/zVM?

2008-01-16 Thread David Boyes
Quoting Schuh, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [snip] For some reason this post came in right justified and reversed right-to-left. Is this a side-effect of writing in Hebrew mode, Shimon? If so, it's really cool. Easily amused today, -- db

Re: 3590 tape drive support in zLinux/zVM?

2008-01-16 Thread Stephen Frazier
You need a better email reader. Thunderbird displayed it fine. The only thing was that the vertical line that shows copied text was on the right margin. David Boyes wrote: Quoting Schuh, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [snip] For some reason this post came in right justified and reversed

Re: 3590 tape drive support in zLinux/zVM?

2008-01-16 Thread Schuh, Richard
And it is not even Friday. Regards, Richard Schuh For some reason this post came in right justified and reversed right-to-left. Is this a side-effect of writing in Hebrew mode, Shimon? If so, it's really cool. Easily amused today, -- db

3590 tape drive support in zLinux/zVM?

2008-01-15 Thread Collinson.Shannon
This is cross-posted on the linux-390 and ibmvm listservs... Is there a manual or webpage somewhere that references all the types of hardware that will work under various versions of zLinux and zVM? Or could someone tell me where I could confirm that a Magstar 3590 model E11 standalone

Re: 3590 tape drive support in zLinux/zVM?

2008-01-15 Thread Stephen Frazier
Support for 3590 tape drives was added to VM in version 2. Looking at model E11 there were no upgrades required for VM. I don't know of any manual that lists what hardware is supported by which level of VM. However, it is easy to search the IBM website. I did a search on 3590 Opened the

Re: 3590 tape drive support in zLinux/zVM?

2008-01-15 Thread Schuh, Richard
tape drive support in zLinux/zVM? This is cross-posted on the linux-390 and ibmvm listservs... Is there a manual or webpage somewhere that references all the types of hardware that will work under

Re: 3590 tape drive support in zLinux/zVM?

2008-01-15 Thread Marcy Cortes
-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation. _ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schuh, Richard Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 2:04 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] 3590 tape drive support in zLinux/zVM

Re: 3590 tape drive support in zLinux/zVM?

2008-01-15 Thread David Boyes
As Richard says, VM dumps SO rarely that buying a tape drive for that purpose is probably a waste of money. The only thing you absolutely need a tape drive for is to back up spool files and NSSes such as CMS and GCS. SPXTAPE can't deal with non-tape devices.

Re: 3590 tape drive support in zLinux/zVM?

2008-01-15 Thread Schuh, Richard
: Re: 3590 tape drive support in zLinux/zVM? As Richard says, VM dumps SO rarely that buying a tape drive for that purpose is probably a waste of money. The only thing you absolutely need a tape drive for is to back up spool files and NSSes such as CMS and GCS. SPXTAPE