Dean, I have to agree with Ken, have you actually looked at small replicated Virtual-Tape solutions on a price point? You say "The C07 is the controller..." - indicating you might only have one (or a second one for backup); which would then mean you probably only have 8 to 16 drives. While the cost of a 256-drive IBM TS7700 might seem out-of-reach; there are smaller options that add replication. Both Luminex and Optica come to mind, and I believe there are others as well. You don't have to up to an EMC DLM or an IBM TS7700; you can aim much smaller with replication. That would cut your DR time down to "how long to restore my backups" instead of "how long to ship my tapes".
Price it out yourself. Russell Witt CA 1 Architect Broadcom -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nai, Dean Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 2:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: 3592-E07 We have a 3592-E07 and our leasing company is telling us the following. Anyone have any thoughts? We really don’t have the funding for a mirrored VTS and if it’s not mirrored then we lose our DR plan. >From leasing company. The first item to be withdrawn from service will be the 3592-C07 at the end of 2020. The C07 is the controller for the tape drives and is required for z/OS or z/VM to communicate with the 3592-E07 drives. IBM has no direct attach tape products for z/OS, z/VM or zVSE. The best option is to go with a VTS and locate a 2nd VTS at your DR site with replication between the two sites. There is also the option to have an IBM VTS with access to tape drives in a 3584 and then send those tapes offsite. To be able to use those tapes for DR you would need another IBM VTS at you DR location. Dean Nai > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
