My TS7760 is defined as MTL=NO. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Carmen Vitullo Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [External] Re: MTL=YES or NO
Peter, the last time I recall defining a tape subsystem using MTL=NO was the old IBM TS33xx (IIRC) tape subsystem that was a actual tape robotics system, not a virtual subsystem. The last 2 VTS's I've defined (IBM,EMC and Luminux) all required us to define them as MTL=YES Carmen Vitullo -----Original Message----- From: Peter <[email protected]> To: IBM-MAIN <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, 13 April 2021 1:03 PM CDT Subject: MTL=YES or NO Hello Just curious about this parameter in IODF and I understand some of the tape subsystem running in zOS needs this value to be defined in IODF. Any specific reason why MTL=NO is required for the subsystem responsible for tape backup (virtual ) Peter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
