>Is it possible to EXPORT client data from an OS390 Server to a Unix Server?
>The Tivoli docs all seem to say yes -- provided that the target Server is
>running the same or newer Server level code.
>However, a hardware vendor pointed out to me that this may not be possible:
>If the OS390 Server writes the EXPORT data to MVS tape devices in either
>EBCDIC or ASCII format, the target Server may not be able to read the tapes
>for the IMPORT. Because the target Server is configured with SCSI-attached
>devices, the data on the tapes must also be in SCSI format, otherwise the
>target Server will not be able to read them.
>Any truth to this theory?

Peter - From all I've seen, Export-Import works across architectures.
        I don't recall postings saying that MVS->Unix does not work:
the procedure accounts for differences such as EBCDIC-ACSII.
For chuckles, challenge your vendor to produce a document describing
"SCSI format": there is no such thing.  SCSI is a transport vehicle,
like TCP/IP.  It moves your data to another place, that's all.  The
format is a meta issue that you define, as via Export-Import.

   Richard Sims, BU