Re: Supportted VTL libraries by IBM

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Big fan of the ETI SPHiNX Products. Been using them for years and have 
many happy customers using them. They can connect Fiber or SAS and can 
be configured as a drive or library or multiples. To IBM i they report 
in as a 3584-032 and the drives can be anything from LTO1 to LTO7 though 
it actually doesn't matter for capacity OR throughput since they are 
virtual.

You can indeed to a full system restore (a.k.a. "D-More" IPL) from them 
and I have done so many times.

BRMS has no clue it's not an IBM library. Biggest difference is tape 
loading is near instantaneous because the 'virtual robot' inside the 
thing works at the speed of light! :-) Things like DSPTAP OUTPUT(*PRINT) 
take just seconds.

Web interface for management that's quite simple. Support encrypted 
disks and replication to remote SPHiNX with deduplication.

Highly recommended.

        - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

www.Frankeni.com
www.iDevCloud.com - Personal Development IBM i timeshare service.
www.iInTheCloud.com - Commercial IBM i Cloud Hosting.

On 3/4/2019 2:57 PM, Steinmetz, Paul via MIDRANGE-L wrote:
> While on the phone with BRMS support today, I mentioned that I might be going to a VTL library.
> IBM support mentioned that the only supported VTL libraries are IBM's.
> Even though the 3rd party VTLs may work fine, they are not supported by IBM.
>
> I was seriously considering one of these 3rd party VTLs, but now I'm not so sure on the choice.
>
> One of the goals of the VTL was to add a 2nd library, eliminating  the daily manual tape handling to off-site storage.
>
> Anyone in the group using non-IBM VTLs?
>
>
> Thank You
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