How is this Book Organized?

This book contains all the information that you need to convert your tape management information to Control-M/Tape format.

This chapter contains an introduction to various aspects of conversion to Control-M/Tape.

The conversion process can vary, depending on the tape management system that creates the data that is being converted. Chapters 2 through 6 of this book each describe conversion of data from a specific tape management system.

Conversion to Control-M/Tape is described for:

• CA-1
• CA-TLMS
• DFSMSrmm
• CA-EPIC/MVS
• Sites with no tape management system (MVS Catalog)
• ASG-ZARA

This chapter describes general issues relevant to all Control-M/Tape conversions. Read this chapter before proceeding with the conversion steps for your current tape management system.

Conversion from specific tape management systems is described in the remaining chapters of this guide.