There is a requirement for PIPE support for SPXTAPE, similar to what was added 
to DDR. IBM closed it SUGG, IIRC. I suggest many of you submit requirements or 
ask me to do so again.

I really, really want to be able to do SPXTAPE in a synchronous version to 
LABELED TAPE....

Or send the output to a TCP socket.

Or just deal with a 2nd level system that has no tape.

-- db



On 10/6/10 12:56 PM, "Mark Wheeler" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 10:42:53 -0500
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: IPL VM/VM Issues
> To: [email protected]
>
> I think this is an issue that needs to be addressed. This is a critical set
> of files, which z/VM only has tools to back up to tape, and many sites no
> longer even have tape drives to use to create these tape backups. We no
> longer have any tape drives, real or virtual, attached to the systems, so
> SPXTAPE does us absolutely no good.
>
> --
> Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation .~.

Amen, Brother!

Mark Wheeler
UnitedHealth Group





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