Tivoli® Storage
Manager for z/OS® Media provides
access to storage devices, such as tape device types and FILE device
types that are attached to a z/OS media
server.
The following table lists the supported
devices and examples of
Tivoli Storage
Manager device types:
Table 1. Device types| Device |
Device Type |
|---|
| Tape (real and virtual) |
3590, 3592, ECARTRIDGE |
| VSAM (Virtual Sequential Access Method) Linear Data Set
(LDS) |
FILE |
If a Virtual Tape Library (VTL) has device characteristics
of IBM 3590 recording technology, the storage resources can be accessed
through the
z/OS media
server by
the 3590 device type.
