FDR/ABR Support

Use the following steps to implement the Control-M/Tape to FDR/ABR interface.

The CTTFDR exit is called by Archive Maintenance Utility FDRARCH whenever a tape volume no longer contains valid data. The exit marks the volume as scratch in the Media Database and, optionally, interfaces with an automated tape library at the site.

1. Install FDR/ABR Support using the ICE Automatic Exit Installation Tool to compile the CTTFDR member. For details about this tool, see the Exits chapter in the INCONTROL for z/OS Administrator Guide.

   Verify that the IOA LOAD library is defined as one of the FDRARCH STEPLIB libraries or as one of the system’s LINKLIST libraries.

2. Make sure that DO RETENTION=EDM statements are specified in rules for data sets created by FDR/ABR. These statements mean that the data sets indicated in the rules' selection criteria are EDM-controlled. Job names, data set names, and program names can be used as selection criteria by the rules.

   The following rules can be used as an example:

   ON PGM       = FDRABR  and
ON JOBNAME   = ARCH*   and
ON DATASET   = *

   DO RETENTION = EDM
   

   ON PGM       = FDRARCH and
ON JOBNAME   = REORG   and
ON DATASET   = *

   DO RETENTION = EDM

3. Specify the following statement as an FDRARCH control statement:

   DEFAULT EDMEXITNAME=CTTFDR