On Tue, 24 Oct 2023 04:38:40 +0000, Timothy Sipples <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Why would anyone want to do z/VM backups to a cloud? >There are lots of great reasons to do that! Since there are lots of reasons, can you name 3 beyond those I mentioned? "Save money? Offsite backup? It's new technology? Don't need to worry because it's the cloud? They want to say they are cloud enabled?" > Also, I understood the request to mean �cloud object storage� as the target. I suspect Ayre is saying cloud but I doubt Ayre has a specific cloud solution in mind nor implied "cloud object storage". That is certainly one solution but it's not the only possible solution. I think Ayre wants the simplest non-confusing solution possible. >I see that IBM Backup and Restore Manager for z/VM is listed in the Product >field. > Maybe that product could have another input/output handler (CLOUDOBJ?), Implementing a new feature request takes time (Potentially years). I suspect Ayre's customer is looking for a shorter time frame. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
