UTS Global Tape Subsystem handles IBM tapes, a user could mount tapes and use tar(1) and cpio(1) for native backup on Linux/390.
However, our backup/restore product uses our own label format as David wrote.
Thomas Lee UTS Global LLC
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Backup/Restore program To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Nothing* on Linux natively generates IBM standard labels (or ANY tape labels, for that matter -- see earlier note on the 'ansitape' utility). Each backup program does it's own "label" format -- for no good reason I can comprehend, especially since there is a vendor-independent ANSI standard for such things.
I'd recommend Amanda (www.amanda.org) or Bacula (www.bacula.org). Both do a fairly sophisticated tape labeling system to prevent overwriting important data, but NEITHER use IBM or ANSI standard labels, so don't expect them to be compatible with your IBM SL-based tape library management systems.
If you want these tools to use IBM SL tapes, you'll need to use the HSM technique I describe in my presentation on using Amanda with DASDtapes and DFSMS on z/OS or VM (presentation available from www.sinenomine.net).
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David Boyes Sine Nomine Associates
> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Miguel Rom /div> ...snip... > IBM standard labels on Linux. I am running SLES 8.0 under > z/VM 4.3.0. Does > anybody has any recommendation? Thanks.
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