Greetings, all.


I've gotten a request to update my opinions on ways that TSM can help
the mainframe do backups.  What I'm recalling from previous
discussions we've had here is that the MVS filesystem structure, and
the files theron, are sufficiently different from the heirarchical
structures of byte streams we're accustomed to, that much of TSM is
inapplicable to MVS data.


So, for those of you in a mixed-mode shop, is TSM anywhere in the
backup picture for your mainframe data?  How are you doing offsites
for the mainframe?  Is it a VTS thing, or are there other methods you
prefer?




- Allen S. Rout