There is no mention in the General Information manual what this support of for or if there are any restrictions. I am going to guess that (almost) any SCSI device can then be accessed by Linux for zSeries. I would speculate that this may be geared for large capacity tape device support, so that Linux can be used as a network backup server.
Since you will also need tape devices to backup z/VM, it may seem somewhat redundant to have tape drives for VM and tape drives for Linux. This support is very new and I'm not sure how to answer you satisfactorily. Perhaps IBM can chime in and give us the vision on this support. On Sunday 19 May 2002 02:02 pm, you wrote: > This is confusing....can you expand on your reply... > If I still need ECKD for Z/VM, > then how does this new feature benefit > the Linux environment...since most of us > will be running Linux under z/VM?? > Thanks, > Dave -- Rich Smrcina Sytek Services, Inc. Milwaukee, WI [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Catch the WAVV! Stay for Requirements and the Free for All! Update your S/390 skills in 4 days for a very reasonable price. WAVV 2003 in Winston-Salem, NC. April 25-29, 2003 For details see http://www.wavv.org
