>The VTS thing is working fine for in-house stuff. Now there is a push to >copy/convert all the offsite permanent volumes to stacked exported tapes.
>The problem? We don't have a clue on how to get started on this beastie. >We're using TapeCopy as our engine and I can run all sorts of reports and >create the jobs, but we have 6,300 tapes and 10,500 datasets to move from >3480 and 3490 to stacked 3590e tapes. That's a lot of manual stuff... >The Redbook on VTS is of some help, but not from a practical standpoint. >Would anyone care to share their experiences with us? Somehow this got >pretty much dropped in tech's lap and it's mostly TLMS type work. (We install >it...not run it) If you have TapeCopy, do you have their VDR product? This is what we use to vault all our virtual tapes needed for a DR event and our permanently vaulted tapes. We break it down by vault code & it works very well. dd keller ************************************************************************************** This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reading, dissemination, distribution, copying, forwarding or other use of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message and all copies and backups thereof. Thank you. ************************************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

