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  • 1.  VTL for IBM i?

    Posted Thu August 21, 2025 02:37 PM

    Hello All,

    Can any VTL solution for IBM i be purchased through IBM?



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    Michael Schroll
    IBM Practice Manager
    Technologent (dba Thomas Gallaway)
    West Milford NJ
    2018889703
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  • 2.  RE: VTL for IBM i?

    Posted Fri August 22, 2025 02:36 AM

    Dear Michael

    The TS77xx machines are, under the hood, a TSM Server with enough disk space. So, a simple TSM Server will fulfill your needs.

    kind regards
    Martin



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    Martin Haussmann
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    TD SYNNEX Germany
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  • 3.  RE: VTL for IBM i?

    Posted Fri August 22, 2025 06:20 AM

    Michael, we are currently working on a new solution based on our TS7780 that will be for IBMi and Distributed systems only.  It is not released as of yet, so under NDA you can share with customers.  The solution is expected to announce in Feb of 2026 and with GA in March.

    Reach out to me on slack or via email for more detail.

    JP Lavigne PM TS7700 family.



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    JP LAVIGNE
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  • 4.  RE: VTL for IBM i?

    Posted 3 days ago

    Michael,

    What requirements make you ask for VTL?
    VTLs regulary offer disk based storage for fast access without load / seek / unload - times, then they might offer advanced functions as compression, deduplication, replication, snapshots.
    While some VTLs provide network file services, mot still offer SAS or FCP interfaces - do you really need those?
    A sometimes viable alternative is Object Storage, mostly some type of amazon developed S3 protocol server available over TCP/IP only.

    Perhaps you already use BRMS, so you could check wether the nowadays included "Cloud Storage Solutions" license of BRMS with a S3 backup target is a sensible alternative to virtualized tapes. Here, "cloud storage" is a synonym for the S3 protocol.
    S3 storage servers are available in many on- or off-premises storage solutions, from SaaS to HW appliances - you can even roll your own from open source software.

    IBM offers S3 protocol servers in IBM Storage Scale, IBM Storage Ceph and IBM Cloud Object Storage.

    Details explained here: Using BRMS with Cloud Storage Solutions for i - IBM Documentation
    and BRMS with Cloud Storage Solutions for i considerations and requirements - IBM Documentation



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    Ilja Donnellan
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