It'll probably be ficon-attached. At the moment, the 3590s are just standing idle, no longer hooked up, so I guess it's possible we could scsi-attach them, but I think that's pretty far-fetched. I'm not really sure that we'd use these for Linux--they'd certainly suck for TSM, being manual loaders--but I just wanted to know if it was possible. I think really we're looking at them for VM, in case we have to do a standalone dump...
Thanks for the info! -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pieter Harder Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 3:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Betr.: 3590 tape drive support in zLinux/zVM? 3590 attached how? By controller with Ficon/Escon, or SCSI through some FC converter? If Ficon, then this works and has been for years. I myself have 4x 3590-E11 attached to 3590-A60 salvaged from a disused 3494 library. With the 3590 drivers in Suse or Redhat I assume it will work too, but I never had a need to try it as I have FC attached LTO drives as well. If SCSI it will work with the IBMtape driver from any reasonable Linux distro, but will not work for z/VM itself, because z/VM has not tools to take advantage of FC attached drives. EG DDR does not know anything but Ficon and Escon....\ Best regards, Pieter Harder [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel +31-73-6837133 / +31-6-47272537 >>> "Collinson.Shannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/15/08 9:23 >>> This is cross-posted on the linux-390 and ibmvm listservs... 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! Shannon Collinson l Mainframe Operating Systems l ETI l SunTrust Banks l 404.827.6070 (office) l 404.642.1280 (mobile) Seeing beyond money (sm) LEGAL DISCLAIMER The information transmitted is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. SunTrust and Seeing beyond money are federally registered service marks of SunTrust Banks, Inc. [ST:XCL] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Brabant Water N.V. Postbus 1068 5200 BC 's-Hertogenbosch http://www.brabantwater.nl Handelsregister: 16005077 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
