Subject: RE: 3592 Tape Cartridges
From: Edward M Martin (EMartin@aultman.com)
Date: Tue Aug 18 2009 - 09:08:11 EDT
Hello Dave (and Billy), I am in the middle of a project to go 'tapeless'. And I am asking all those questions. From the five companies I am getting information from 1) All have ESCON or FICON connected systems that have consoles that allow you to IPL from the z890 (what we have now) HMC from the virtual tape. You mount the virtual tape you want on the virtual drive and tell the z890 IPL from 'here'. 2) We are using CA-EPIC. Most have a job that will run continuously monitoring for mount messages that get sent to the VTS controller and mount the 'tape'. Operator intervention is cut down. There are z/VM REXX that will do the same functions. 3) Backup to some other device or copy to another device is available. How it is done is dependent upon the system. 4) Costs are costs (you get what you pay for). I took Monday off. I have convinced myself that tapeless is the way to go. Now to get there. Ed Martin Aultman Health Foundation 330-363-5050 ext 35050 -----Original Message----- From: owner-vse-l@Lehigh.EDU [mailto:owner-vse-l@Lehigh.EDU] On Behalf Of David Stuart Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 4:14 PM To: VSE Discussion List Subject: Re: 3592 Tape Cartridges Hi Billy, You have any idea what they cost? Where is your remote device located? What do you plan to do in case of a 'disaster'? Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 David.Stuart@ventura.org >>> "Billy R. Bingham" <billy.bingham839@suddenlink.net> 8/17/2009 11:58 AM >>> Dave, I don't know what a 3592 cartridge cost, but why not go 'tapeless'. Get a virtual Tape Server. I'm running SecureAgent's SDS unit and it's serving me good. No tapes and it copies the file, once it's created, to a remote device. Billy ---- David Stuart <David.Stuart@ventura.org> wrote: > Morning all, > > I am working on a proposal for management that includes a couple 3592-E05 tape drives. Anyone know a good source for 3592 cartridges, and their average cost? > > > TIA, > Dave > > > > Dave Stuart > Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst > County of Ventura, CA > 805-662-6731 > David.Stuart@ventura.org > >
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