Review Working Procedures

Determine the standards for data organization at your site. Note that properly enforced standards contribute to more efficient data set stacking.

Typical questions that should be answered are:

• What kind of retention is used?
• What standards are used to determine vault patterns?
• What naming conventions are used? For example, which prefixes are assigned to data sets created by the various applications in use at your site.
• Are pools used at your site? If so, which pools are assigned to the various applications and/or departments in use at your site?

Note: Certain information in your Media Database may not be entirely accurate. For example, you may have sent tapes to another site without informing Control-M/Tape that these tapes are no longer present in the MAINLIB library.

Correct all known inconsistencies to ensure efficient data set stacking.