Is there a body of practical experience or primer about amanda and how it
can be used with z/linux?
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If Amanda gets ported to the Windows platform, then a shop that doesn't
want
or need all of the fancy/expensive features of Tivoli Storage Manager could
have a much cheaper alternative.
Federal budget crunching is around the corner, and Tivoli could be a nice
target for cutting.
/Thomas Kern
/301-903-2211
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> From: David Boyes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 15:47
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> Subject: Re: Use of 3490 tape
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> > > Yes, but it's not very efficient. Check out
> > > http://sinenomine.net/publications/presentations.php#2004
> > for my MVMUA
> > > presentation on a way to make use of VM and/or
> > > z/OS-controlled tape w/o
> > > having to attach the drives directly to the Linux system.
> > >
> > Ah man...I wish this was done b4 the holidays. I would have
> > recommended we
> > use this instead of a purchased product. Heck, I might even
> > give 'er a
> > try...maybe we can get our money back. :-)
>
> I *did* ask for volunteers before Xmas ...8-)
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> If you already have the prereqs, it's pretty slick. The one
> difficult part
> for someone doing this from scratch on VM would be building
> the DFSMS/VM
> configuration without ISPF (one of those things that IBM
> doesn't have a
> formal offering for on IFLs). The workaround is to find a
> friendly z/OS
> person and have them generate the policy definition files for
> your (the HSM
> config files are compatible between the two releases).
>
> It also may generate enough sales numbers for TSM/VM to catch
> the attention
> of the Tivoli execs. Somehow, it seems a day to dream the
> impossible...8-(
>
> -- db
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