Overview

This chapter describes how the different components and files of Control‑M/Tape are activated, controlled, and maintained on a regular daily basis. The following topics are discussed in this chapter:

• Control‑M/Tape real‑time environment
• new day procedure
• repository structure
• repository maintenance
• repository backup and recovery
• media database view customization
• Control‑M/Tape application programming interface (API)

Some administrative tasks are performed using Control‑M/Tape utilities. For a detailed description of the available utilities, see the INCONTROL for z/OS Utilities Guide.

Additional customization and security measures can be implemented using Control‑M/Tape exits. For a description of the available Control‑M/Tape exits, see Exits.

Note: The following topics are described in the Control-M/Tape Implementation Guide: Interfaces for automated tape libraries, DFSMS, and EDMs, as well as detailed information about dataset stacking implementation.