The conversion tool automatically converts CA-1 RDS, VPD, EDM definitions and U01NSMxx/TMONSMxx members into Control-M/Tape rules. Conversion screens prompt you for names for members that will contain the rule tables with Control-M/Tape rules for management of EDM-controlled datasets, pools, vaults, and retention.

Note: If this is not the first conversion at your site, existing rules at your site may be overwritten by the rule conversion. Rule conversion is only necessary during the first conversion from CA-1, or if modifications were made to CA-1 rules since the previous conversion. If you still want to recreate Control-M/Tape rules, make sure that Control-M/Tape rules that were manually created (to ensure that Control-M/Tape is functioning in parallel to CA-1) are in a rule table that is separate (that is, has a different name) from the rule tables that are created by the conversion tool.

• CA-1 EDM assignments (in U01NOPTxx/TMOEDMxx members) are converted to Control-M/Tape rules that identify datasets as EDM-controlled (by using DO RETENTION=EDM statements). For more information about Control-M/Tape interfaces to EDMs, see the external data managers chapter of the Control-M/Tape Implementation Guide.
• CA-1 Retention Dataset (RDS) definitions are converted to Control-M/Tape rules that control dataset retention.
• CA-1 Vault Pattern Definition dataset (VPD) definitions are converted to Control-M/Tape rules that control vaulting of volumes at your site.
• CA-1 Scratch Assignment Rules (in U01NSMxx/TMONSMxx members) are converted to Control-M/Tape rules that determine the pools that are to be used for which datasets.

Note: If the RDS and VPD do not exist and member U01NSMxx/TMONSMxx or U01NOPTxx/TMOEDMxx members are not present in the CA-1.PARMLIB/CAI.PPOPTION library, the relevant steps are skipped by the automatic conversion tool.