Re: Cloud Storage

2023-11-02 Thread Jack Zukt
Thank you all for your input. It has been quite helpful, Best regards Jack On Wed, 1 Nov 2023 at 02:56, David Crayford wrote: > > On 1 Nov 2023, at 10:34 am, Jon Perryman wrote: > > > > On Wed, 1 Nov 2023 08:48:03 +0800, David Crayford > wrote: > > > >> Sorry, OMEGAMON is a Rocket product. I

Re: Cloud Storage

2023-10-31 Thread David Crayford
> On 1 Nov 2023, at 10:34 am, Jon Perryman wrote: > > On Wed, 1 Nov 2023 08:48:03 +0800, David Crayford wrote: > >> Sorry, OMEGAMON is a Rocket product. I know that because I work on it. >> So is SDSF, RMF, DB2 utilities, DB2 connect, IMS tools etc, etc. >> IBM have the core subsystems but

Re: Cloud Storage

2023-10-31 Thread Jon Perryman
On Wed, 1 Nov 2023 08:48:03 +0800, David Crayford wrote: > Sorry, OMEGAMON is a Rocket product. I know that because I work on it. > So is SDSF, RMF, DB2 utilities, DB2 connect, IMS tools etc, etc. > IBM have the core subsystems but the critical tools are owned by vendors. It's sad that IBM is

Re: Cloud Storage

2023-10-31 Thread David Crayford
> On 1 Nov 2023, at 8:24 am, zMan wrote: > > Actually IBM keeps selling off products *and not telling the customers*. > VSE they admitted; Optim and a bunch more, they have not. You can find the > acquiring company if you look (often UNICOM), but I find it sleazy that > they do this and continue

Re: Cloud Storage

2023-10-31 Thread zMan
Actually IBM keeps selling off products *and not telling the customers*. VSE they admitted; Optim and a bunch more, they have not. You can find the acquiring company if you look (often UNICOM), but I find it sleazy that they do this and continue to market the products without customers knowing

Re: Cloud Storage

2023-10-31 Thread Jon Perryman
On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 16:51:42 +0800, David Crayford wrote: > I think you’re confused again John. To the contrary, it is you again who is confused. > IBM don’t own the vast majority of the z/OS products they sell. > They are either developed by vendors or have been sold to vendors. > This has

Re: Cloud Storage

2023-10-31 Thread David Crayford
> On 31 Oct 2023, at 8:42 am, Jon Perryman wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 16:35:39 +0100, Jack Zukt wrote: > >> Is there anyone out there using cloud storage for backup or dataset >> migration, using IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS or Model9? > > I did a

Re: Cloud Storage

2023-10-30 Thread Jon Perryman
On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 16:35:39 +0100, Jack Zukt wrote: >Is there anyone out there using cloud storage for backup or dataset >migration, using IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS or Model9? I did a quick search and found an IBM presentation https://conferences.gse.org.uk/2019/agenda/presen

Re: Cloud Storage

2023-10-29 Thread ITschak Mugzach
I have seen some Model9 implementations during security assessments. Usually the S3 backup is taken to their on perm server that stores the data on a DS8xxx (or compatible) and mirrors that elsewhere using standard DS*xxx mirroring. So restore can be at the regular disk speed on site or on backup

Re: Cloud Storage

2023-10-28 Thread Brian Westerman
Yes, I have 4 smaller clients that use cloud tape connector who store the second copy of migrated datasets to the cloud, as well as some DR related items. Also, I have their DS8K DASD conduct backups of the full DASD volumes directly to the cloud. The neat part of doing that directly is

Re: Cloud Storage

2023-10-28 Thread Radoslaw Skorupka
ecureAgent, Visara, ATSM. My €0.02 -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 27.10.2023 o 17:35, Jack Zukt pisze: Hello all, Is there anyone out there using cloud storage for backup or dataset migration, using IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS or Model9? A few months ago one of our clients as

Re: Cloud Storage

2023-10-27 Thread Glenn Wilcock
There is also DS8000 Transparent Cloud Tiering. For TS7700 Clients, TS7700 Cloud Storage Tier is an excellent way to maintain SLAs and also leverage cloud storage for cold data. Overview of IBM z/OS object storage solutions: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone

Re: Cloud Storage

2023-10-27 Thread Jousma, David
: Cloud Storage Hello all, Is there anyone out there using cloud storage for backup or dataset migration, using IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS or Model9? A few months ago one of our clients asked Model9 for a POC and that has been one of those projects Hello all, Is there anyone out

Cloud Storage

2023-10-27 Thread Jack Zukt
Hello all, Is there anyone out there using cloud storage for backup or dataset migration, using IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS or Model9? A few months ago one of our clients asked Model9 for a POC and that has been one of those projects that seems to be going nowhere fast and I am curious