On Tuesday, 01/15/2008 at 03:26 EST, "Collinson.Shannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there a manual or webpage somewhere that references all the types of > hardware that will work under various versions of zLinux and zVM? Or > could someone tell me where I could confirm that a Magstar 3590 model > E11 standalone tape drive would work under zVM 5.3 and/or SLES9 SP3? > We're new to the zVM/zLinux world-just finished with our POC and now > trying to ready an LPAR for production use-and didn't realize till just > recently that we'd need a tape drive to do a standalone dump of the zVM > lpar. We have some no-longer-in-use 3590s available so thought we'd put > them on the lpar as a temporary solution, but don't know how to ensure > they're supported. Thanks z/VM and Linux support 3590s. See Appendix C of the z/VM General Information Manual, http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/hcsf8b21.pdf. There you will also find some notations on restrictions, if any. For SLES9 (Linux kernel 2.6.5), see http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/april2004_technical.html#Requirements Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
