Retention Management

A data set is scratched when its retention period has been exceeded. A volume is scratched when all data sets on the volume have been scratched.

Vault Management

Movement of volumes within, and between, the Active library and vaults is supervised.

Stacking Database Update

The Stacking Database is updated with statistics for each data set.

Media Database backup

The Media Database and the Trace file are backed up using a standard backup product. The backup is synchronized with Control-M/Tape operations using special trace checkpoints.

Rule Refresh

Rule definitions are updated in the Real-time environment (only mandatory if performing daily rule scheduling).