Yes this can be done. You might also want to research something like FDR Upstream software.
The TS3500 tape library can be partitioned into multiple logical libraries. This feature makes it an excellent choice for consolidating tape workloads from multiple heterogeneous open systems servers. It also enables support for System z attachment. I would download the hardware manuals for the equipment and read. If you have a CE you can talk to that person about it as well. You will need to fence off the tapes between the open system and mainframe. So mainframe will not be able to use those tapes. I would probably start by downloading this Redbook IBM Tape Library Guide for Open Systems - Chapter on TS3500 should be a good general overview. http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg245946.html IBM TS3500 Tape Library with System z Attachment A Practical Guide to Enterprise Tape Drives and TS3500 Tape Automation http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246789.pdf So if you are not having to add lots of tapes for Open Systems or the Mainframe, that the workload from Open Systems and Mainframe does not impact performance, it should work. You also need to determine who will admin the open system functions. It would be bad if they accidently acted on the mainframe logical library. Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Walter Davies > Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 8:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Sharing Tape Library between z/os and open systems > > I have been tasked with opening up our TS3500 Tape System with the 3953 > library > manager to the server group. I understand this is possible but have no idea > where to > start as I am a mainframe person. Does anyone currently do this and if so can > you > point me in a direction for reading material so that I can familiarize myself > with the > server side of the equation. > > -- > > > Thanks in advance > Walter Davies > Supervising IT Analyst > [email protected] > (530) 621-5420 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
