We are trying to determine what our options are in moving forward from tsm 3.x to 4.x. We have split our load across a TSM AIX 3.7 system and a TSM VM 3.1. We also have Veritas running for an NT Exchange Server.
Our Intel folks have been trying to get us to move in the Veritas direction, however that tape system is quite limited (Small DLT library). The AIX and VM are sharing a 3494/3590-E1A library with around 200-300 tapes in it. Our main problem is that we have invested heavily in ESCON connections to the 3494 lib but TSM VM seems to have been deadended for some time. What have other VM TSM users moved to? Again with our hardware the OS/390 TSM seems to be the only other possibility, unless Tivoli comes out with a LINUX/390 Server. The VM version has been so trouble free and so easy to manage its really hard to understand Tivoli's determination to eliminate the platform. Ron Greve SDSU Computing Services
