Carlos Bodra asked: >Can IBM TS7760 configured to virtualize tapes for Open Systems?
I assume you mean systems running Linux and Microsoft Windows, as examples. Yes, I know a couple ways: 1. Using the software combination of IBM Spectrum Protect (on Linux, Windows, and other supported platforms) and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for z/OS Media (or more likely Tivoli Storage Manager Extended Edition for z/OS Media) on z/OS. The IBM TSMzM program numbers are 5698-AAH and 5698-AAK, respectively. 2. Using FDR/UPSTREAM software products from Innovation Data Processing. In both cases z/OS remains "boss" and is responsible for writing to and reading from the IBM TS7760. The software makes z/OS-managed storage available to other platforms. You can add IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS into the mix if you'd like to extend z/OS-managed virtual tape storage -- including the storage that other platforms are consuming via either of the above software approaches -- into on-premises and/or off-premises cloud storage services that are IBM Cloud Object Storage and/or Amazon S3 compliant. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM Z & LinuxONE, Multi-Geography E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
