--- On Tue, 10/12/10, Timothy Sipples <[email protected]> wrote: ------------------SNIP-------------------------------- May I also point out that tape is no longer required to load z/OS. Thus it is now possible to configure and use a new mainframe with z/OS but without any tape drives.
(*) Except I don't speak for IBM. Timothy: Interesting... The last system I installed took about 3 hours to load from tape (IIRC 6250 its been that long). What is the guesstimated load time for Z/os with a DVD. I suspect it will be 8+ hours based on my system taking 4+ hours to write a full DVD . Plus as a side note you (IBM) should really better document the backup of the internal system disk that comes with your (IBM) systems now. I tried my damndest to just figure out what kind of DVD was needed and 3 days of calling everyone at IBM could not supply any answer.Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
