Somewhere along the line, I got the impression that Linux (SUSE) couldn't support an IBM VTS. I think it can read and write the tapes, but couldn't control the VTS for mounting tapes.
However, the following seems to say otherwise: "The mtlib program provides an interface to the physical tape drives and volumes within a 3494 Tape Library and also to the virtual tape drives and volumes within an attached IBM TotalStorage Virtual Tape Server (VTS). This is from the "IBM TotalStorage and System Storage Tape Device Drivers: Installation and User's Guide". April 2006 Edition. That implies to me that I can have zLinux use the VTS for tape storage. I do understand that many applications can only use scsi attached tape drives, which the VTS isn't, but it can be used for "some" tape purposes. Is that right? Or is there still, other, more severe restrictions that make the VTS really unacceptable to use in a zLinux system? Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
