In the absence of a tape management system, how does CGX emulate common handling tasks associated with physical media?
The CGX Admin GUI provides the ability to: select a volume and mount it on any available device view a volume's current header label info and metadata such as size and compression rate add notes via a user field to create a virtual “sticky note” toggle a volume between "write" and "write-prote ...
- In the absence of a tape management system, how does CGX emulate common handling tasks associated with physical media?
The CGX Admin GUI provides the ability to: select a volume and mount it on any available device view a volume's current header label info and metadata such as size and compression rate add notes via a user field to create a virtual “sticky note” toggle a volume between "write" and "write-prote ...
- How does Channel Gateway work with open-system backup software such as Tivoli and Netbackup?
A: The integration to these products is transparent to the Channel Gateway.
- Can 3rd party software be used for backups?
A: Yes.
- Are there any tape label restrictions?
A: There are no tape label restrictions. The Channel Gateway supports many different mainframe tape storage products and their associated tape labeling conventions.
- What tape management software does the Channel Gateway work with?
A: The Channel Gateway has successfully been used with TMS, Control-T, Dynam-T, RMM, BIM/Epic and other standard tape management software.
