FWIW, VTAPE is not a tape management product. It intercepts I/Os to defined virtual tape units that have been defined and simulate the tape I/O while writing the data into or reading from a disk library. There is no real drive when reading or writing to a VTAPE; however, TAPSENSE works with real or virtual drives.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Kern > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: how to wait for dfsmsrm command > > I have no access to ANY tape management product. All of my > backup/restore= > > procedures have to deal directly with DFSMS and 3490 stackers > and operato= rs. > > /Tom Kern > > On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:40:47 -0800, Schuh, Richard > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot= > e: > >I take it that you do not have access to VSSI's VTAPE > product. It has a > >TAPSENSE command that does a SENSE and formats the output into a > >readable display. > > > >Regards, > >Richard Schuh > > >
