I'll need to read up on that. We use OAM for our SMS managed tapes, but don't have DB2. So it must be for something other than tapes. I was under the impression that OAM was only for SMS managed tapes and optical disk. guess I was wrong.
On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Doug Henry <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi John, > OAM uses DB2 to maintain information about the objects. Here is the quote > from the OAM Planning Guide > > "Object Storage and Retrieval (OSR). Component of OAM that stores, > retrieves, and deletes objects. OSR stores objects in the storage > hierarchy and maintains the information about these objects in DB2 > databases. " > > Doug > > > On Tue, 7 May 2013 08:57:01 -0500, John McKown < > [email protected]> wrote: > > >Hum, what does OAM use DB2 for? I was under the impression that it was > only > >for optical disk. Obviously I was wrong. > > > >On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Doug Henry <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi John, > >> I hate to be the bearer of bad news but the elevator company is not for > >> Optical Disk. OAM uses OTIS to interface to DB2. We have a large OAMPLEX > >> and have never had optical disk but we do need OTIS. > >> > >> Doug > >> > >> On Tue, 7 May 2013 07:10:42 -0500, John McKown < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> >You're right. OAM is for tape management. OTIS is for Optical disk. I > am > >> >simply not going to reply to messages after taking a sleeping aid any > >> more. > >> > > >> >On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Lizette Koehler < > [email protected] > >> >wrote: > >> > > >> >> OAM is used for SMS Tape management. > >> >> > >> >> Lizette > >> >> > >> >> OAM is obsolete. Remember mainframe based optical drives? That's what > >> OAM > >> >> was for. It interfaced with DB2 which was where it kept it's catalog. > >> OTIS > >> >> was in there too, somewhere. > >> >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. If this had been an actual emergency, do you really think we'd stick around to tell you? Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
