I suggest you talk to your IBM rep and ask them about TSM support for amazon S3 
storage.  IMHO, using a VTL gateway in front of S3 will cause high egress fees 
(i.e., when you do reclaim processing for the vtl volumes).  Storing directly 
into S3 would be (again, IMHO) more cost-effective.

..Paul


At 03:53 PM 2/4/2016, Lee, Gary wrote:
>Ok, we just got the word.  The solution for my unsupported ibm 3494 libraries 
>will be an amazon s3 storage gateway vtl.
>
>Anyone deployed one of these with tsm?
>
>We are running tsm 6.3.4 on RHEL 6.5 servers.
>
>I've been reading, and so far, there seem to be severe limits on libraries 
>using there vtl.
>Also, the setup seems to be, when the library is full, check out the virtual 
>cartridges to a virtual tape shelf.
>
>Any experiences, tips, and / or help is appreciated.


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