It's not a matter of SLES9 supporting mainframe tape drives, it does. But rather if the application software will support them (mostly not).
You can TAR to a mainframe tape drive. Oracle backup? Nope DB2/UDB backup? Nope TSM? Gotta be kidding. There is no Linux based tape manager that I've found that will support a escon/ficon attached tape drive. However, you might be able to work a VM based tape manger with a Linux agent to backup Linux files. We are biting the bullet and getting FCP attached tape drives. $25K for a pair of IBM 3592-E05 $2,300 for a FCP card. $5,000 for a SAN switch Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Law of Cat Elongation A cat can make her body long enough to reach just about any counter top that has anything remotely interesting on it. >>> "Collinson.Shannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1/15/2008 2:23 PM >>> 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 tape drive would work under zVM 5.3 and/or SLES9 SP3? We're new to the zVM/zLinux world-just finished with our POC and now trying to ready an LPAR for production use-and didn't realize till just recently that we'd need a tape drive to do a standalone dump of the zVM lpar. We have some no-longer-in-use 3590s available so thought we'd put them on the lpar as a temporary solution, but don't know how to ensure they're supported. Thanks! Shannon Collinson l Mainframe Operating Systems l ETI l SunTrust Banks l 404.827.6070 (office) l 404.642.1280 (mobile) Seeing beyond money (sm) LEGAL DISCLAIMER The information transmitted is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. SunTrust and Seeing beyond money are federally registered service marks of SunTrust Banks, Inc. [ST:XCL] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
