Tape migration support for proprietary tape datasets
Unstack multi-file tapes to separate tapes, or extract single datasets from a stack
Includes a tape map utility that can analyze and compare tape data
Reduce media costs, floor space, vault storage expenses
Supports CA-1, TLMS, DFSMSrmm, ZARA (Automedia), and Control-T tape management systems

Tape Migration with Tape/Copy

Automated tape migration, stacking, and so much more

Tape/Copy is a highly-developed, automated system for tape migrations, virtual tape upgrades and consolidations. Tape/Copy uses the data center's Tape Management System Catalog (TMC) as its primary source of information, and interfaces with ATLs from all major robotic library vendors. The easy-to-use ISPF panels allow the user to define selection criteria and output tape characteristics to build jobs that copy or move tape data automatically. Tape/Copy's robust data set selection criteria, extensive reporting, and error recovery features make Tape/Copy the software of choice for professional services world-wide for their tape data migration needs.

Migrations
Migrations
Migrations

Tape/Copy is used by the world's largest tape drive manufacturers to assist their clients for migration needs. Tape/Copy has been used in migrations as small as a few thousand datasets to several million. Tape/Copy is used for new media migrations, virtual tape migration needs and data center conolidations. Opentech Systems can also provide the professional services to assist with any migration projects.

Enhance ATL and VTL performance

Tape/Copy jobs can be used to automatically move "idle" data out of your ATL by copying it to an outside tape without requiring that the tape be physically ejected from the ATL. It can also copy large data files off of virtual tape to native tape to ensure optimum use of your virtual tape space.

Maximize ROI of tape media investment

Tape/Copy's intelligent stacking capabilities allow you to not only select the data to stack, but also specify the desired utilization percentage of the stacked tape.

Tape/Copy also allows users to sort the stacked data by expiration date, group the datasets by creating application and more.

Ensure data integrity

Tape/Copy provides ESTAE protection for the conversion process to ensure that if a copy operation fails (I/O errors, missing multi-volume datasets, etc.), the user if not forced to perform manual clean-up of the catalog and TMC. Tape/Copy will back out all changes to the tape so that it is in pre-conversion status.

Process most proprietary dataset formats

Why use a separate product for copying each proprietary dataset format you produce?

Tape/Copy can process:
- DFSMShsm
- ABARS
- FDR backups
- DFSMSdss
- CA-View (SAR)
and others.

All tape media formats supported

Tape/Copy can automate the conversion of tape datasets from any tape media or device, to any other tape media or device. Quickly convert old technology tape media to new, higher density media.

Forecast your tape needs

Tape/Copy's extensive reporting features include a comprehensive forecasting report that can be used estimate media, time, and other needs while planning a conversion or migration project.

Retain important dataset information

Tape/Copy copies the field of the tape management catalog from the input record to the output record to preserve the dataset name, creation date/time and last used date/time information. Tape/Copy also makes all required system catalog updates.

Prevent Backend Tape Thrashing

Tape/Copy is able to use VTS volume information gathered from the IBM VTS Bulk Volume Information Retrieval (BVIR) facility to prevent backend tape thrashing when processing many tapes from a VTS by processing datasets in backend volume order.