I know nothing about Bustech. Does it emulate a VTS or a manual tape system?
Are you running a tape manager such as CA-1 or DFSMSrmm? I am fairly sure that they have the concept of "tape pools". You might look here for DFSMSrmm: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/dgt2c8a0/6.2 http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/dgt2c8a0/10.3 Another thought is to use SMS controlled "Manual Tape Libraries" (MTL). This segregates tapes based on device number. If the Bustech can put the files containing the emulated tapes in a different subdirectory based on the the emulated device number (eg. addresses 0600-061F are put in /Bustech/onsite whereas address 0620-062F are put in /Bustech/replicate), then you can assign each set of addresses to a different storage group using MTL. Then use the SMS ACS STORGRUP routine to put the tape dsn in the proper storage group, or select the storage group via the UNIT= (i.e. UNIT=TAPE is for on-site, not replicated, and UNIT=OFFTAPE is for off site replicated, each mapped to a different storage class, which is then mapped to the appropriate storage group, which selects a proper device number within the Bustech appliance. This may be impossible. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Dover > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 1:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Bustech Virtual Tape Appliance > > We have recently purchased an EMC/Bustech MDL 1000 virtual > tape appliance, backed by EMC/Data Domain DD670 open systems > storage appliance. We are going to migrate from a tape based > DR recovery plan to data replication to a hot site. We are > going to remove all mainframe tape from our footprint. We > (read management) did not purchase any services for this and > have thrown me under the bus. I have to convert our tape > processing from real tape to virtual tape. OK, that part is > already done. The hard part, which is the bus part, is > splitting our tape data into classes (at least it is hard for > me). Bustech says we can have 'scratch synonyms' for our > tape mounts, so the data can be written onto the Data Domain > in different folders, where can control replication. This > will allow us to replicate our DR tapes, but not worry about > the local, non-offsite tapes. As far as I can tell, I need > our z/OS system to ask for something besides a PRIVAT or > SCRTCH tape. And please don't tel! > l me to RFM, I have read about 10 so far to no avail. But > if you can't point me to a manual that will help me, I will > be forever in your debt. > > Thanks, > Steve > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
