Not a valid assumption. I have real 3490s to handle vendor tapes coming in, of which there are fewer and fewer.
My "real" tape environment is fully virtualized. I could emulate a 3590 tape, but I could never read a real one. Thanks Bill Bishop Specialist Mainframe Support Group Server Development & Support Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. [email protected] (502) 570-6143 Ed Finnell <[email protected]> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> 11/22/2010 02:58 PM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Re: Tape copy from 3590 to 3490 In a message dated 11/22/2010 1:37:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I think he will have no choice but for Electronic Delivery or DVD. >> Might take the hint they need to upgrade tape hardware. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
