Tape storage

Tape volumes provide a low cost storage medium for storing primary and or backup copies of objects. Storing objects on tape volumes in conjunction with disk (DB2 tables or file system) and optical media provides flexibility and efficiency within the storage management facility. All devices within the installation can be used in concert with each other, complementing the performance objectives of the objects that reside on each medium. Objects can be migrated from disk to tape to optical disk or any combination of these three media, providing the most cost-effective method for meeting your data storage objectives.

Table 1 describes hardware configurations that you can use separately or in specific combinations to create or modify your tape storage environment for OAM. The notes that correspond to the reference numbers in the table are listed at the end of the table.

The following drive types are supported in an IBM tape library environment:

3480: Identified in JCL statements as UNIT=3480. Only supported in the MTL.
3490: Identified on JCL statements as UNIT=3480X. Supported in the 3495 ATLDS and in the MTL.
3490E: Identified on JCL statements as UNIT=3490. Supported in the 3495 and 3494 ATLDS and in the MTL.
3590-1: Identified on JCL statements as UNIT=3590-1. Supported in the 3495 and 3494 ATLDS and in the MTL as a 3590 Model B Tape Subsystem.
3590-E: Identified on JCL statements as UNIT=3590-1. Supported in the 3494 ATLDS and in the MTL in 3590-1 emulation mode as a 3590 Model E Tape Subsystem.
3590-H: Identified on JCL statements as UNIT=3590-1. Supported in the 3494 ATLDS and in the MTL in 3590-1 emulation mode as a 3590 Model H Tape Subsystem.
3592-J: Identified on JCL statements as UNIT=3590-1. Supported in the 3494 and 3584 ATLDS and in the MTL in 3590-1 emulation mode as a 3592 Model J Tape Subsystem.
3592-2: Identified on JCL statements as UNIT=3590-1. Supported in the 3494 and 3584 ATLDS and in the MTL in 3590-1 emulation mode as a 3592 Model E05 Tape Subsystem.
3592-2E: Identified on JCL statements as UNIT=3590-1. Supported in the 3494 and 3584 ATLDS and in the MTL in 3590-1 emulation mode as a 3592 Model E05 Tape Subsystem with encryption capability.
3592-3E: Identified on JCL statements as UNIT=3590-1. Supported in the 3494 and 3584 ATLDS and in the MTL in 3590-1 emulation mode as a 3592 Model E06 Tape Subsystem with encryption capability.
3592-4E: Identified on JCL statements as UNIT=3590-1. Supported in the 3584 ATLDS and in the MTL in 3590-1 emulation mode as a 3592 Model E07 Tape Subsystem with encryption capability.

Note: The devices that are listed above are also supported in the stand-alone (non-IBM tape library) environment.

Table 1. Tape storage configurations
Library model and subsystem device type	Library attachment	Media supported		Recording technology	Noncompacted data capacity
3494 L10 (VTS) Models B10, B16, B18, B20
3490E	Yes	MEDIA1/2	(R/W)	36	400MB, 800MB
3957 V0x, VEx (VTS)
3490E	Yes	MEDIA1/2	(R/W)	36	400MB, 800MB
3958 DE2 (VTS)
3592-J (3590-1 emulation)	Yes	MEDIA5	(R/W)	EFMT1	100GB
3495 L20, L30, L40, L50
3490	Yes	MEDIA1	(R/W)	18	200MB
3490E	Yes	MEDIA1 MEDIA1/2	(R) (R/W)	18 36	200MB 400MB, 800MB
3590-1 2	Yes	MEDIA3/4	(R/W)	128	10 GB, 20 GB
3494 L10
3490E	Yes	MEDIA1 MEDIA1/2	(R) (R/W)	18 36	200MB 400MB, 800MB
3590-1 2	Yes	MEDIA3/4	(R/W)	128	10 GB, 20 GB
3590-E 3 (3590-1 emulation)	Yes	MEDIA3/4 MEDIA3/4	(R) (R/W)	128 256	10 GB, 20 GB 20 GB, 40 GB
3590-H 4 (3590-1 emulation)	Yes	MEDIA3/4 MEDIA3/4 MEDIA3/4	(R) (R) (R/W)	128 256 384	10 GB, 20 GB 20 GB, 40 GB 30 GB, 60 GB
3592-J 5 (3590-1 emulation)	Yes	MEDIA5/6 MEDIA7/8	(R/W) (R/W)	EFMT1 EFMT1	300 GB 60 GB
3592-2 6 (3590-1 emulation)	Yes	MEDIA5/6 MEDIA5/6 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA9/10	(R/W) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W)	EFMT1 EFMT2 EFMT1 EFMT2 EFMT2	300GB 500GB 60GB 100GB 700GB
3592-2E 7 (3590-1 emulation)	Yes	MEDIA5/6 MEDIA5/6 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA9/10	(R/W) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W)	EFMT1 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT1 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT2/EEFMT2	300GB 500GB 60GB 100GB 700GB
3592-3E 8 (3590-1 emulation)	Yes	MEDIA5/6 MEDIA5/6 MEDIA5/6 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA9/10 MEDIA9/10	(R) (R/W) (R/W) (R) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W)	EFMT1 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT3/EEFMT3 EFMT1 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT3/EEFMT3 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT3/EEFMT3	300GB 500GB 640GB 60GB 100GB 128GB 700GB 1000GB
3584 L22
3592-J 5 (3590-1 emulation)	Yes	MEDIA5/6 MEDIA7/8	(R/W) (R/W)	EFMT1 EFMT1	300 GB 60 GB
3592-2 6 (3590-1 emulation)	Yes	MEDIA5/6 MEDIA5/6 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA9/10	(R/W) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W)	EFMT1 EFMT2 EFMT1 EFMT2 EFMT2	300GB 500GB 60GB 100GB 700GB
3592-2E 7 (3590-1 emulation)	Yes	MEDIA5/6 MEDIA5/6 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA9/10	(R/W) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W)	EFMT1 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT1 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT2/EEFMT2	300GB 500GB 60GB 100GB 700GB
3592-3E 8 (3590-1 emulation)	Yes	MEDIA5/6 MEDIA5/6 MEDIA5/6 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA9/10 MEDIA9/10	(R) (R/W) (R/W) (R) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W)	EFMT1 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT3/EEFMT3 EFMT1 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT3/EEFMT3 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT3/EEFMT3	300GB 500GB 640GB 60GB 100GB 128GB 700GB 1000GB
3592-4E 9 (3590-1 emulation)	Yes	MEDIA5/6 MEDIA5/6 MEDIA5/6 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA9/10 MEDIA9/10 MEDIA9/10 MEDIA11/12 MEDIA13	(R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W)	EFMT1 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT3/EEFMT3 EFMT1 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT3/EEFMT3 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT3/EEFMT3 EFMT4/EEFMT4 EFMT4/EEFMT4 EFMT4/EEFMT4	300GB 500GB 640GB 60GB 100GB 128GB 700GB 1000GB 1600GB 4000GB 500GB
Manual Tape Library (MTL)
3480	N/A	MEDIA1	(R/W)	18	200MB
3490	N/A	MEDIA1	(R/W)	18	200MB
3490E	N/A	MEDIA1 MEDIA1/2	(R) (R/W)	18 36	200MB 400MB, 800MB
3590-1 2	N/A	MEDIA3/4	(R/W)	128	10 GB, 20 GB
3590-E 3 (3590-1 emulation)	N/A	MEDIA3/4 MEDIA3/4	(R) (R/W)	128 256	10 GB, 20 GB 20 GB, 40 GB
3590-H 4 (3590-1 emulation)	N/A	MEDIA3/4 MEDIA3/4 MEDIA3/4	(R) (R) (R/W)	128 256 384	10 GB, 20 GB 20 GB, 40 GB 30 GB, 60 GB
3592-J 5 (3590-1 emulation)	N/A	MEDIA5/6 MEDIA7/8	(R/W) (R/W)	EFMT1 EFMT1	300 GB 60 GB
3592-2 6 (3590-1 emulation)	N/A	MEDIA5/6 MEDIA5/6 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA9/10	(R/W) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W)	EFMT1 EFMT2 EFMT1 EFMT2 EFMT2	300GB 500GB 60GB 100GB 700GB
3592-2E 7 (3590-1 emulation)	N/A	MEDIA5/6 MEDIA5/6 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA9/10	(R/W) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W)	EFMT1 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT1 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT2/EEFMT2	300GB 500GB 60GB 100GB 700GB
3592-3E 8 (3590-1 emulation)	N/A	MEDIA5/6 MEDIA5/6 MEDIA5/6 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA9/10 MEDIA9/10	(R) (R/W) (R/W) (R) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W)	EFMT1 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT3/EEFMT3 EFMT1 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT3/EEFMT3 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT3/EEFMT3	300GB 500GB 640GB 60GB 100GB 128GB 700GB 1000GB
3592-4E 9 (3590-1 emulation)	Yes	MEDIA5/6 MEDIA5/6 MEDIA5/6 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA9/10 MEDIA9/10 MEDIA9/10 MEDIA11/12 MEDIA13	(R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W)	EFMT1 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT3/EEFMT3 EFMT1 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT3/EEFMT3 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT3/EEFMT3 EFMT4/EEFMT4 EFMT4/EEFMT4 EFMT4/EEFMT4	300GB 500GB 640GB 60GB 100GB 128GB 700GB 1000GB 1600GB 4000GB 500GB
Stand Alone
3480	N/A	MEDIA1	(R/W)	18	200MB
3490	N/A	MEDIA1	(R/W)	18	200MB
3490E	N/A	MEDIA1 MEDIA1/2	(R) (R/W)	18 36	200MB 400MB, 800MB
3590-1 2	N/A	MEDIA3/4	(R/W)	128	10 GB, 20 GB
3590-E 3 (3490E or 3590-1 emulation)	N/A	MEDIA3/4 MEDIA3/4	(R) (R/W)	128 256	10 GB, 20 GB 20 GB, 40 GB
3590-H 4 (3490E or 3590-1 emulation)	N/A	MEDIA3/4 MEDIA3/4 MEDIA3/4	(R) (R) (R/W)	128 256 384	10 GB, 20 GB 20 GB, 30 GB 30 GB, 60 GB
3592-J 5 (3590-1 emulation)	N/A	MEDIA5/6 MEDIA7/8	(R/W) (R/W)	EFMT1 EFMT1	300 GB 60 GB
3592-J 5 (3490-E emulation)	N/A	MEDIA5	(R/W)	EFMT1	300 GB
3592-2 6 (3590-1 emulation)	N/A	MEDIA5/6 MEDIA5/6 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA9/10	(R/W) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W)	EFMT1 EFMT2 EFMT1 EFMT2 EFMT2	300GB 500GB 60GB 100GB 700GB
3592-2E 7 (3590-1 emulation)	N/A	MEDIA5/6 MEDIA5/6 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA9/10	(R/W) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W)	EFMT1 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT1 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT2/EEFMT2	300GB 500GB 60GB 100GB 700GB
3592-3E 8 (3590-1 emulation)	N/A	MEDIA5/6 MEDIA5/6 MEDIA5/6 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA9/10 MEDIA9/10	(R) (R/W) (R/W) (R) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W)	EFMT1 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT3/EEFMT3 EFMT1 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT3/EEFMT3 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT3/EEFMT3	300GB 500GB 640GB 60GB 100GB 128GB 700GB 1000GB
3592-4E 9 (3590-1 emulation)	Yes	MEDIA5/6 MEDIA5/6 MEDIA5/6 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA7/8 MEDIA9/10 MEDIA9/10 MEDIA9/10 MEDIA11/12 MEDIA13	(R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W) (R/W)	EFMT1 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT3/EEFMT3 EFMT1 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT3/EEFMT3 EFMT2/EEFMT2 EFMT3/EEFMT3 EFMT4/EEFMT4 EFMT4/EEFMT4 EFMT4/EEFMT4	300GB 500GB 640GB 60GB 100GB 128GB 700GB 1000GB 1600GB 4000GB 500GB
Note: MB = 1&finespace;048&finespace;576 bytes GB &finespace;= 1&finespace;073&finespace;741&finespace;824&finespace; bytes (R) &finespace;= Read only (R/W) = Read and write MEDIA1 = IBM Cartridge System Tape MEDIA2 = IBM Enhanced Capacity Cartridge System Tape MEDIA3 = IBM High Performance Cartridge Tape MEDIA4 = IBM Extended High Performance Cartridge Tape MEDIA5 = IBM Enterprise Tape Cartridge MEDIA6 = IBM Enterprise WORM Tape Cartridge MEDIA7 = IBM Enterprise Economy Tape Cartridge MEDIA8 = IBM Enterprise Economy WORM Tape Cartridge MEDIA9 = IBM Enterprise Extended Tape Cartridge MEDIA10 = IBM Enterprise Extended WORM Tape Cartridge MEDIA11 = IBM Enterprise Advanced Tape Cartridge MEDIA12 = IBM Enterprise Advanced WORM Tape Cartridge MEDIA13 = IBM Enterprise Advanced Economy Tape Cartridge 3590-1 represents the 3590 Model B Tape Subsystem and is a system-defined esoteric. 3590-E represents the 3590 Model E Tape Subsystem and is not a system-defined esoteric. It is supported in a library as a 3590 Model E tape subsystem rather than what it is emulating. 3590-H represents the 3590 Model H Tape Subsystem and is not a system-defined esoteric. It is supported in a library as a 3590 Model H tape subsystem rather than what it is emulating. 3592-J represents the 3592 Model J Tape Subsystem and is not a system-defined esoteric. It is supported in a library as a 3592 Model J tape subsystem rather than what it is emulating. 3592-2 represents the 3592 Model E05 Tape Subsystem and is not a system-defined esoteric. It is supported in a library as a 3592 Model E05 tape subsystem rather than what it is emulating. 3592-2E represents the 3592 Model E05 Tape Subsystem with encryption capability and is not a system-defined esoteric. It is supported in a library as a 3592 Model E05 tape subsystem with encryption capability rather than what it is emulating. 3592-3E represents the 3592 Model E06 Tape Subsystem with encryption capability and is not a system-defined esoteric. It is supported in a library as a 3592 Model E06 tape subsystem with encryption capability rather than what it is emulating. 3592-4E represents the 3592 Model E07 Tape Subsystem with encryption capability and is not a system-defined esoteric. It is supported in a library as a 3592 Model E07 tape subsystem with encryption capability rather than what it is emulating. The library models indicated can be configured with any combination of correlating tape subsystem devices. These configurations may vary in the number of drives, slots, and media type supported in the libraries.

Related reading: For information about cartridge storage feature options and cartridge capacities for these tape devices, see the following documents:

TotalStorage Automated Tape Library (3494) Introduction and Planning Guide
3480 Models A11/A22 and B11/B22 Introduction
3490 A and B Models Introduction
3490 Models C10, C11, C1A, C22 and C2A Introduction
3590 Introduction and Planning Guide
3592 Introduction and Planning Guide
z/OS DFSMS Software Support for IBM TotalStorage Tape System 3590 Models E1x/H1x
z/OS DFSMS Software Support for IBM System Storage TS1140, TS1130, and TS1120 Tape Drives (3592)