When Should I Perform Conversion?

Conversion of tape management information is performed when implementing Control-M/Tape at a site that was previously managed by a different tape management system or when converting information from the MVS catalog.

The actual conversion process is performed at the following stages of Control-M/Tape implementation:

• At the very beginning of Control-M/Tape implementation.
• Before Control-M/Tape is activated in Global Phased mode.
• Before Control-M/Tape is activated in Global Production mode.

Note: Additional conversions might be necessary to implement major changes that are made to definitions in the tape management system being replaced.

For more information about when conversion is performed, see the Control-M/Tape Implementation Guide.