We have been sharing tapes among systems for decades. Parallel sysplexes, monoplexes, basic sysplex in the mix. Multiple data centers connected via 'channel extension' (technology evolved over the years). Any system in the enterprise can allocate any tape drive.
STK/Oracle tape, not IBM. Originally CA1, now RMM. CA MIA (MIM Allocation). STK HSC+. A few shared DASD volumes required but not GRS or similitude. If you have this sort of configuration--no promises for IBM gear--then yes, it's perfectly doable. But it's not for the faint of heart. ;-) . . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Graham Harris Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 5:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Experience with Shared Tape - No Sysplex I have in the past, used CA-MIA to share tape drives across a number of sysplex/monoplexs. On 10 November 2014 22:20, Shane Ginnane <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:01:57 -0600, John McKown wrote: > > >But I would still go with a CTC based _Basic_ Sysplex. > > Not these days - XCF based. Works better, is faster, and easier to > setup - the support should be pretty ubiquitous these days. > As Radoslaw noted, ATAM is a great answer in such a setup. > > Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
