Last week there was announcement for IBM tape storage.

Announcement title: IBM TS7700 R4.2 delivers cloud storage tier support

Please see the announcement letter for details and planned availability dates. It is here.

All z/VSE release in service support this new device (IBM Z FICON channel attached).

z/VSE V5.2, or later, transparently supports the TS7700.

• z/VSE supports the TS7700 both as a standalone system and in a multicluster grid environment
• z/VSE supports the COPY EXPORT function