> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russell Witt > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 8:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: DFSMShsm & 3592 carts & money > > > Be careful using a third party product (TapeCopy or > CA-1/CopyCat) to copy > HSM cartridges to other cartridges or media. The HSM CDS > keeps track of > which datasets are on which volumes, so if you copy the > contents (files) > from one cartridge (virtual or physical) to another cartridge > outside of > HSM's copy function the CDS won't be updated and HSM won't > call for those > files from the copied cartridges. >
According to the documentation, what TapeCopy does for HSM tapes is set them up so that the logical tape can be restored back into a VTS at the DR site. TapeCopy then updates the MCDS and BCDS to change the volsers to those to which the data was just restored. We are taking OpenTECH at their word on this because we haven't gotten the hardware installed yet (this Saturday it will be). For most tape resident data, TapeCopy can either dump the data into the VTS (our plan), or it can recatalog the file (at DR) to the actual volser and file sequence on the 3592 tape. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
