Fundi, now Rocket, bought a licence for MFNetdisk. Dave Crayford might know if it's still available or in use.
I used the free version for a while, it was a great concept. On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 10:18 AM PINION, RICHARD W. < [email protected]> wrote: > Let's not forget Shai Hess's MFNetDisk. I don't think it's available > anymore. > But, I used it extensively from 2010 to 2016. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of Radoslaw Skorupka > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 5:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Can I use a NAS attached to z/OS > > [External Email. Exercise caution when clicking links or opening > attachments.] > > W dniu 10.01.2022 o 13:00, Colin Paice pisze: > > Having a playful and inquiring mind, I wondered if it was possible to > > get HSM etc to work with a Network Attached Storage box (Synology). > > For education - not production. > > Colin > > Yes and no. > 1. Yes, you can configure your NAS as NFS (I hope so) and connect z/OS to > NFS server. However it has nothing to do with DFSMShsm. > 2. Yes, you can send your HSM data outside. But that require additional > software like current Model9 or old (maybe still in use?) VTF clone - a > software which emulated tapes on DASD. I vaguely remember some (EMC?) > product which directed HSM data stream to OSA card and finally some > non-mainframe disk array. Note: I'm NOT talking about DLm or former > BusTech. It was before EMC acquired BusTech. > > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > Confidentiality notice: > This e-mail message, including any attachments, may contain legally > privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended > recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of this > message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail message is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately > notify the sender and delete this e-mail message from your computer. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
