Phased Mode

Phased mode enables Control-M/Tape to work in parallel with another tape management system. Phased mode is very similar to Production mode. Phased mode cannot be specified in a rule, only in member CTTPARM. Control-M/Tape maintains control before and after any other tape management system. Therefore, if Control-M/Tape abends a job or rejects a volume, it is not recorded by another tape management system. Likewise, if another TMS causes a job to abend or reject a volume, it is not recorded by Control-M/Tape.

Note: In Phased mode, MVS message IEC507D is not suppressed by Control-M/Tape. It is usually suppressed by most other tape management systems.