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This chapter describes the process of generating tape management information for Control-M/Tape at a site where no Tape Management System is being used. A brief description of tape management concepts is followed by detailed conversion steps.
Control-M/Tape volume and dataset information is stored in the Control-M/Tape Media Database (MDB). The Media Database is composed primarily of dataset records and volume records. When a dataset is created, Control-M/Tape records the dataset’s attributes in a dataset record in the Media Database and updates the appropriate volume record. Dataset access is tracked in both records.
Each time a dataset is accessed or created, Control-M/Tape searches for user defined rules that indicate action that must be taken. As Control-M/Tape rules are processed, changes to media management attributes, for example, vault patterns and retention periods, are updated in the Media Database.
When conversion to Control-M/Tape is performed at a site with no tape management system, the information in the MVS Catalogs is used to generate records for the Control-M/Tape Media Database.
The following diagram illustrates how Control-M/Tape tape management information is generated by the conversion tool:
Figure 16 Conversion of MVS Catalog to Control-M/Tape
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