HI, I am not sure that virtual tape using MFNetDisk can be useful for many people.
Thanks, Shai On 1/23/08, shai hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 1/22/08, Rich Juchniewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I agree that having a virtual printer feature may not be very useful. > > > > I wonder, though, if a feature to create virtual tape in AWSTAPE > > format, > > either on a remote PC or on the mainframe itself as a file, would be > > useful. > > When we ran z/OS under FLEX-ES, we had the capability to run z/OS jobs > > that > > created and/or read virtual tape files in the server's file system > > (UnixWare > > in our case) in either "fake-tape" format (proprietary to FLEX-ES) or > > AWSTAPE format. The z/OS JCL had no knowledge that it was using > > virtual > > tape. This made it easy for remote developers to create and test > > product > > tapes, for example, without needing someone physically on-site to mount > > tapes -- since the z/OS system usually ran unattended. Once all testing > > was > > done, we would run a job to create an actual tape from the "fake-tape". > > > > It seems that the framework of the MFNetDisk product could be suitable > > for > > implementing such a feature. Just a thought. > > > > Thanks, > > > > ...Rich > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "shai hess" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:47 AM > > Subject: Re: I want to add virtual printer to my MFNetDisk, Any value? > > > > > > > HI, > > > > > > Yes, I understand that virtual printers is not needed in the MF > > > environment. > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Shai > > > > > > > > > On 1/21/08, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > >> > > >> In < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 01/18/2008 > > >> at 01:03 PM, Shai Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > >> > > >> > I want to add a small feature which I call it virtual MF printer. > > >> > > >> Why? > > >> > > >> > This will enable MVS user to print to MVS virtual printer any MVS > > file. > > >> > > >> What's wrong with the support already in JES2 and JES3? > > >> > > >> > My question is if this feature in MFNetDisk is required or not? > > >> > > >> I see no need for it. Just write SYSOUT data sets. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT > > >> ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> > > >> We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. > > >> (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) > > >> > > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> 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 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
