I found a list of supported device types here http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/iea2g610/D.0?ACTION=MATCHES&REQUEST=magnetic+tape+devices&TYPE=EXACTN&SHELF=all13be9&DT=20050713135418&CASE=&searchTopic=TOPIC&searchText=TEXT&searchIndex=INDEX&rank=&ScrollTOP=FIRSTHIT#FIRSTHIT
Strictly speaking, that is all that is supported. However, any device that can successfully emulate one of those device types is supported. Hence, all the latest IBM tape drives emulate 3590-1 and the system can even tell you what they are - TS1120 etc. Virtual tape has to emulate also one of these devices - most are emulating 3490, and to be correctly reported as a virtual library some OAM support is needed to recognise them. Any non-IBM tape can only be reported by z/OS as an IBM 'equivalent' - whatever the manufacturer chose to report to z/OS. Tape management systems attempt to navigate their way through all this to tell you what is really going on out there. Mike Wood ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
