> Interesting idea... I need to look into this. Is there a > way for z/OS to > see those volumes?
No. z/OS has no support for FCP yet. > If not, we couldn't use OFFLINDR running > on z/OS to > backup the volumes. But you can use my nifty Amanda/DFHSM combination, and you get file-level restore as a freebie. See http://www.sinenomine.net/ for a pointer to the presentation. > Are many shark shops using open system formatted DASD for z/Linux? If you have the prereqs (FICON adapter and right ucode levels, plus the SCSI support in your Linux distribution), it's a real win, especially for databases. -- db
