VSM/VLE - Is IBM z196 supported or certified?

Asset ID:	1-71-1315711.1
Update Date:	2012-05-26
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Solution 1315711.1 : VSM/VLE - Is IBM z196 supported or certified?

Applies to:

Sun Virtual Library Extension (VLE) - Version 1.0 and later
Sun StorageTek VSM System - Version 4 to 5C [Release 4.0 to 5.0]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

Answer to compatibility question with IBM's new z196 system. Please contact VSM support for details.

Fix

At this time there are no known issues with compatibility of VSM and IBM z196.

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Additional info from VSM engineering (Internal use Only):

There have been a lot of questions about whether Oracle supports the various Tape Products on the new Z196 processors. Here is what we know:

we have run Ficon Express8 cards with z10-BC-E10 with z/OS 1.11(this includes VSM5)-Performance only

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