> We ordered TSM for Z/VM and IBM tells us that it is no longer supported > for Z/VM, > So we're thinking of using Bacula under ZLinux to backup some > distributed platforms. > How does Bacula interface with 3590 Tape drives, Does it Talk via a > Escon channel to the A60
Yes. You need some help from CMS to manage any kind of changer or ATL (ie, DFSMS/VM, VMTAPE, VM Tape Manager, etc). You need the 3590 driver in the Bacula image that is running the SD, and you need the mount mods to mtx-changer in Bacula to get the other stuff working. > Or Does it communicate with VM to Load tapes? The tools we wrote for Bacula communicate with a CMS agent to do mounts. The code in the Bacula package uses the native CMS tools (ATTACH, etc); you'll need to modify them slightly for the other TMS managers. > Is there a better way of doing this? Better is a hard term. It's certainly idiotic that TSM for Linux doesn't do channel-attached tape, but that's why we did the Bacula work to make it aware of VM and the tape drives. Bacula does work well in this environment. It's the most mature (IMHO) of the open-source backup tools. It should work well for you. > > > > Regards > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
