This is in no way an authoritative answer. Consider it rumor mill grist. What I heard is that Oracle wants out of the mainframe tape *hardware* business but will stay in VSM because that can support multiple platforms. So you can continue to have Oracle virtual tape up to the point of back-ending to 'real tape', whereupon you have to use some other hardware.
. . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW robin...@sce.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Michael Pantoja Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 10:44 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):StorageTek VSM Roadmap? Anybody heard anything about Oracle's future plans for the VSM? VSM 7 came out in 2016 and there's been plenty of RIFs since then as they continue their focus on "Cloud". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
