Actually, most/many of the generic distributed storage devices (NetApp for example) allow for physical tape to be attached to it. So, if you write your virtual-tape to some generic storage device - the ability to have a tape copy created is available to you. I know that Luminex, Optica and Broadcom Vtape all allow for the writing of Virtual-Tape to any generic storage device you may already have in-use in your data center. Then, simply attach any LTO tape library to the NetApp device and you have exportable physical tape backups that can be sent off-site for air-gap storage requirements.
Russell Witt CA 1 Flexible Storage Developer Broadcom russell.w...@broadcom.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter Sent: Monday, January 27, 2025 2:14 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Mainframe physical tape backup We are looking for on premises and ejectable tape solution On Mon, 27 Jan 2025, 11:23 Tomer Zelberzvig, < 0000059ecf7fe8fe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Hello Peter, > > I'm not sure about your exact use case, but you can use BMC AMI Cloud > with our Cloud Data Sets feature to send your tape data directly to > cloud object storage. > If you choose the public cloud option, then the storage is already > external to your site and should meet whatever you're looking for. > Furthermore, object storage enables you to create immutable buckets > where you output your data. > More information can be found here: > https://www.bmc.com/it-solutions/bmc-ami-cloud.html > https://www.bmc.com/it-solutions/bmc-ami-cloud-data.html > > Feel free to reach out if you'd like some more information. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
