Step 6: Convert ASG-Zara Inventory Report into Media Database

This step performs job CONVZMDB, which converts the ASG-Zara report created by job CONVZREP (in Step 5) into volume and dataset records in the Control-M/Tape Media Database.

CONVZMDB job includes 3 steps:

• Step CREVWR executes the CTTCZAR program, which extracts data from the ASG-Zara report to a general work file called the VWR file.

  The VWR file contains all the volume and dataset information necessary for building the volume and dataset records in the Control-M/Tape Media Database.

  This program must end with condition code 0. If it ends with a condition code other than 0, resolve the errors indicated by the messages, and rerun job CONVZMDB.

• Step LOAD runs utility CTTDLD in CONVERT mode to load the volume and dataset records from the VWR file into the data component of the Media Database.

  This program must end with a condition code of 0.

• Step BLDIDX runs utility CTTBIX in CONVERT mode to build the index records for the Control-M/Tape Media Database.

  This program must end with a condition code of 0.

  Condition code 8 indicates that errors were detected but the utility continued and the Media Database Index file was built successfully.

  The inconsistencies indicated by issued messages must be investigated and manually corrected.