The UTS Global Tape Services Suite (TSS) for Linux/390 will accomplish this task, specifically the Tape Management Subsystem and Distributed Tape Subsystem products.
Please see http://www.utsglobal.com/linuxprod.html for details. Feel free to contact me/us off-list if you require any further information. As Mark Post mentioned earlier, Phil's SHARE presentation on this subject is available at http://linuxvm.org/Present/ Paul.
