On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:58:29 +0000, Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... >I don't know what you mean. > >I will re-state my assertion. >Using 'direct' tape, IE: a batch job writing to a tape, ... But you mentioned virtual tape. That's a perfact example of "indirect" use. By the time it gets to a physical tape it's the virtual tape subsystem's copy of the dasd used to emulate your tape ... along with other virtual tapes (I assume). Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
