Hello, all!

I am not a 3494 expert, so please forgive my ignorance in the way I refer to 
this platform.

We have a 3494 VTS system/library installed that is currently being used by our 
OS/390 mainframe for its backups.  I would like to know if it is possible for 
me have TSM utilize this system for it's storage also?  Is there any good 
documentation about how to do this?

Also, I spoke with our Tivoli TSM marketing specialist about this and was told, 
in fairly certain terms, that this was a **BAD** idea because of two reasons:

1) BAD performance
2) the same thing that happened to the 3466 (i.e. Tivoli does not recognize it 
or support it as a true TSM platform) IS GOING to happen to the 3494 system, 
since it is also somewhat based on the same concept and that if we implement 
this, we were almost sure to lose support from Tivoli in the near future.  

BTW, one reason I ask is that I have a 3466 and am having a hell of a time 
getting support for this platfrom ever since Tivoli inherited ADSM/TSM and 
given the strong word of caution from a TSM person at Tivoli, I am reluctant to 
proceeed with the 3494 integration and upgrade.

Can anyone tell me whether any of this is true and lay my fears to rest?

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TIA

Mahesh Tailor
WAN/NetView/TSM Administrator
Carilion Health System
Voice: 540-224-3929
Fax: 540-224-3954