Hi David, This was done with SLES 8 under z/VM V4R3. Customer had already embarked on migrating some Unix Application to Linux on s/390 (meaning 31-bit), actually an 2086-103/105. So, for them to justify the addition of one TSM Server (actually the consolidation of 18 Intel TSM Servers spread all over the country) to a single instance on z900 was rather easy. Most of the pre-reqs were already there. We only had to properly configure the FCP CHPID and the IBM 2109 Switch (Brocade) connected to several 3590s mounted in a 3494 Library.
Jean-Pierre Baril Specialiste en technologies de l'information/IT Specialist Novipro Inc / 2055, rue Peel, bureau 701 Montreal (Quebec) H3A 1V4 Tel: (514) 744-5353 #244, Cel: (514) 891-6848, Fax: (514) 744-3908 [EMAIL PROTECTED] / www.novipro.com Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit sur 2004-05-05 14:37:40 : > > We have a local account with such a configuration. Once > > finding the proper > > driver, it was not too hard to get the FICON/FCP CHPID access the SCSI > > 3590 tape drives. > > > > Jean-Pierre Baril > > I think the point is that for every 390 customer that has SCSI-attached > 3590 drives, there are at least 2 dozen who have spent more than $500K > on 3480/3490 silo technology that can't use the IBM-supported backup > tool without buying and installing z/OS and z/OS TSM (which pretty close > to triples the price of implementation) or replacing their drives (which > z/OS and the other 390 operating systems can't directly use, forcing > them to partition their silos and making no end of hassle for > operations). > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
