Re: Virtualizing Tape VIOS vs IBM 1

[Roberto José Etcheverry Romero <yggdrasil.raiker@xxxxxxxxx>]

On the same vein, if i have a SAS library hooked up to that port, can VIOS
present the entire library? most of the info i find on tape virtualization
points to no since they are instructions for the drive only (rmtX device).

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 8:48 PM, Kirk Goins <kirkgoins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> When hosting IBM i on IBM i I can place the SAS physical adapter in the
> Host and using vSCSI adatpers I can setup it up and all you have to do is
> Vary the Drive Off in 1 partition and Vary on in the other. I have done
> this with a single drive on a single card.
> Works Great and no HMC to mess with to move the tape drive.
>
> With Power8 unless you buy something bigger than an 8core you have very
> limited cards slots. I would really like to use a single SAS card with
> multiple ports in different partitions at the same time. Can this be done
> in VIOS and/or IBM I?
>
> Example1: SAS Tape Card assigned to VIOS and Use Port1 for IBM i Partition
> A while using Port 2 for IBM i Partition B?
>
> Example2: Same as #1 but IBM i is the Host?
>
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> Kirk
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