IBM's backup software can back up MVS. It's just *different* backup software, DFSMSdss and DFSMShsm, (though the name might have changed since I last used it, it's been almost 10 years...).
Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 2005-11-10 13:21:06: > I was wondering if mvs mainframes are a supported client. I looked > around a bit, and couldn't find it listed anywhere. Normally I > would've called off my search, but I'm a bit surprised that ibm's > backup software can't backup their own mainframes. > > > Troy Frank > Network Services > University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation > 608.829.5384 > > > Confidentiality Notice follows: > > The information in this message (and the documents attached to it, if any) > is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for > the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. If > you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution > or any action taken, or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is > prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in > error, please delete all electronic copies of this message (and the > documents attached to it, if any), destroy any hard copies you may have > created and notify me immediately by replying to this email. Thank you.
