Nice. On Sun, 20 May 2018 20:27:07 +0800, Timothy Sipples <sipp...@sg.ibm.com> wrote:
>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: sipp...@sg.ibm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
