Carmen, IBM reworked how the drives are managed/shared now. There is no longer a need for CF structure, just the IODF definitions. We share all drives across all sysplex’s that the VTL is connected to with no problem. We used to do as you do with certain ranges for certain systems.
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Carmen Vitullo <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 8:30 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: HYCD or IOCP **CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL** **DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails** it's been a while since I've used configured tape devices like this but if I recall correctly you need to define the devices as shared and define a CF structure to use AUTOSWAP , or a product like MIM to manage the devices across multiple systems. at my site using a virtual tape system we have defined 256 devices and just manage the number of devices we need across 3 LPARS, all others are varied offline at IPL time, so one range is online to LPAR1 then then next range is varied online to LPAR2 and so on. that for us was an easier option especially with the virtual tape system Carmen On 10/12/2022 10:37 AM, Steve Beaver wrote: > What is the PARM/OPTION to allow VTD's to auto swap between LPARS if > > That LPAR needs a VTD to satisfy a MOUNT request? > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN **CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL** **DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails** This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
