For limited SAS tape devices you can do it now. For NPIV support which
will enabled fiber port virtualization to fiber attached tape drives
(not fully sure which ones will be on the list) the official IBM
statement of direction is 2H '09 (I think).
They always give you something of what you want but not %100.....
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pete Helgren
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 4:12 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: VIOS DS4700 and a E4A
Are you privy to any info on if and when we will have native/direct
access to tape from the Power6 Blades?
That feature was in the last VIOS release and it works like a champ. I
am backing up direct to tape now. NO more virtual tape first.
VIOS level 2.1.1.10-FP21
Pete
Kirk Goins wrote:
Pete Helgren wrote:
Kirk,
I can't weigh in on the DS4700 issue, but the latest release of VIOS
in
combination with the latest firmware and CUME *has* been rock solid
on
my JS12 blade. It was all bubblegum and bailing wire for a while but
IBM got it resolved in the latest release. I wouldn't hesitate to
run i
on a Power 6+ blade from here on out.
Pete
Kirk Goins wrote:
Anyone running a DS4700 as the disk on an E4A? My understanding is I
would need to run VIOS as the base OS and guest 6.1 on top. On
blades
this hasn't been the most stable. If you are running a DS4700,
what
are you doing for backups?
Thanks
Thanks Pete,
Are you privy to any info on if and when we will have native/direct
access to tape from the Power6 Blades?
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