: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Ed
Jaffe
Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 9:50 PM
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Subject: Re: tape drive RESERVE/RELEASE
On 11/6/2018 8:31 AM, Tony Thigpen wrote:
> I tried this and it does not seem to give me what I need. I think the
> key item is
Hi Tony,
I have used the Computer Associates MIA ( Multi Image Allocation, sometimes
called MIM-Tape ) to share tape drives between multiple MVS ( later OS/390 and
z/OS ) "environments". We also had VSE/ESA guests running under VM/ESA,
however we were not able to build a business case to
On 11/6/2018 8:31 AM, Tony Thigpen wrote:
I tried this and it does not seem to give me what I need. I think the
key item is that I am sharing tape drives outside of the sysplex, with
non-participating systems. (Forced because these are not z/OS systems
I am sharing with.)
Tape drives are
Thanks.
I tried this and it does not seem to give me what I need. I think the
key item is that I am sharing tape drives outside of the sysplex, with
non-participating systems. (Forced because these are not z/OS systems I
am sharing with.)
Still googling for a workable solution.
Tony
Autoswitch. In z/OS the commands a v xxx,as,on or v xxx,as,off
I believe there is an IODF option to make the drives switchable.
Al
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