Re: Compatibility between different vendors VTL solutions

This is somewhat vague but why I asked about VTL solutions I was told this.

Backups are managed using BRMS.

The application saves the DB to a Save file and then saves the Save File to
tape. So perhaps the storage appliance is only being used as a virtual tape
device replicating what you would do with a physical tape or autoloader?
So the formats are not proprietary?

On Tue, Feb 11, 2020, 1:47 PM DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It would be 'very unlikely' that two different VTLs could exchange data
unless they were both connected to an IBM i partition where you could
utilize DUPTAP from one to another.

From the three vendors that I've worked with significantly the format
of the data on disk as well as the connection between systems are very
different between them. I expect that difference would extend to
virtually all vendors.

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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

On 2/10/2020 4:36 PM, Laurence Chiu wrote:

I am in a situation where in one data center there is a VTL solution. I
want to implement in another data center a VTL solution and then copy all
the tape backups from the first to the second data center. Assuming the
backup is using BRMS do I need to keep the same hardware solution at each
DC? So for example if one DC is using say a Dell VTL could I use DSI at
the second and still be able to migrate and use all the backups taken on
the Dell?

I'm actually trying to find out what specific VTL solution is used in the
first DC but thought I would ask the generic question to know my options.

Thanks

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