I am not clear on your configuration.
So, could you tell us
1) What hardware vendor and hardware type you will be using? For example IBM
TS7740?
2) How many tape drives do you currently have defined?
3) How many tape drives do you need for now and future growth?
4) Will you be replicating or similar process the Tape files?
5) Do you want to use SMS Managed tape or remain as non SMS managed tape?
a) Do you currently have SMS set up in your environment for DISK?
6) Have you worked with your hardware vendor to determine how they suggest to
set up the MTL?
Any other details will be helpful.
Lizette
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> Subject: MTL question
>
> We are in the process of life cycling our current tape environment. Currently
> we are not SMS managed tape and also not defined as an MTL. Our new
> environment will be MTLs but there is some confusion on setting up the MTL. I
> was under the impression that the 512 device limit was based on sysplex, and
> if that is indeed the case then we would need to setup two MTLs. Others
> thought it was not based on Sysplex at all and thought it was based on
> addresses in which case we would need four MTLs defined can someone tell me
> if it based on Sysplex or on addresses, or perhaps a combination of both?
>
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