TLMS Tape Management streamlines tape data set and volume management while protecting against accidental file deletions. By automating routine tasks and streamlining operations, this product optimizes performance to save time, increase employee productivity and lower costs.
TLMS offers ongoing integrity checks to protect against accidental overwriting of tapes – one of the leading causes of backup data loss. Furthermore, its BLP and clone services can free up space on tapes while still maintaining physical and logical structures of datasets.
Flexible Retention and Vaulting
TLMS Tape Management simplifies and unifies the control, management and protection of z/OS tape data sets and volumes. Automating daily tape management tasks saves both time and money; additionally it includes tools that continuously check tape data integrity in order to prevent accidental overwriting of essential files.
TAPEAUDIT provides a complete audit trail of the contents of any tape data set or volume-set. By using this information, TLMS can identify problems with stored data on tapes and notify users accordingly so these issues may be resolved quickly and efficiently. TLMS can also track off-site vault locations for easier storage management as well as offering standard and customized reports as well as pooling functionality to guarantee scratch tape availability.
Tape vaulting is an innovative feature that enables users to transfer or move active tapes from storage locations without operator intervention, helping you reduce costs by not overusing storage space in data centers and providing convenient access to critical information stored offsite. It works seamlessly on virtual as well as physical tape systems, providing essential cost savings while making critical information easily available at offsite locations.
TLMS offers several standard tape inspection features such as PreScan and QuickScan to inspect individual wrap lengths of tapes; as well as FullScan which scans entire read tracks containing scratch files to confirm data integrity and prevent costly repairs and replacements, assuring you are getting maximum value from your storage investment. These inspection features help save you time and money and maximize investment returns.
The TLMS Copycat utility performs a bit-for-bit copy of an active tape and migrates its data onto another tape of a different media type. While its logical structure remains the same, segments may be differently organized if desired and selective dataset stacking may also be supported.
An important security feature is the ability to restrict access to a tape’s TMC record only to authorized individuals, using an external security interface with RACF or ACF2 which validates logon access at key points during tape processing, such as validating 44 character dataset names that determine who may update TMC records or vault them electronically.
Automated Report Writer
TLMS Tape Management streamlines and automates tape library management and protection tasks while increasing data integrity levels. It can help prevent the inadvertent deletion of corporate data residing on tape volumes by providing tools to constantly check for overwriting; additionally it can manage physical structures of tape volumes by supporting conversion to different media types, tape media consolidation/stacking operations, tape ejection/virtualization operations and electronic vaulting with peer libraries – helping ensure maximum uptime for your library!
Web-based Graphical Management Interface and Logical Object Tree Display provide an intuitive user interface for complex tape management operations. One standard feature included with TLMS Tape Management is its Clone feature which makes copying active tape volumes onto different media types easy – this can help replace overwritten or damaged tapes easily, transfer backup data or facilitate other purposes.
An automated report writer offers comprehensive lists of both onsite and offsite tapes, and email notifications may be sent as required. Furthermore, TLMS Tape Management supports various audit policies so you can customize it to track and report on what matters to you most.
TLMS includes an enhanced set of auxiliary tools for monitoring the condition and performance of mainframe tape drives, such as PreScan which inspects tape condition by scanning one wrap length; QuickScan which examines a small portion of an entire tape length; and FullScan which examines every length to detect potential problems; in addition, this tool offers controls over hardware components of mainframe tape drives such as managing and controlling their components such as number/location of spool drives/channel groups etc.
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Comprehensive Data Protection
TLMS Tape Management solution automates tape data set and volume access using optimized operations, protecting your valuable information against intentional or accidental destruction. Continuous integrity checks prevent overwriting – one of the leading causes of backup data loss – while quickly locating reusable tapes allows for immediate attention in case problems arise that require immediate attention.
The CA-1 version 4.9 security interface (SLUDRTLM) calls on external security systems to validate access at critical points of tape processing. These include validating user authorization by validating 44 character dataset names; updating TMC via ISPF or batch program updates; using Expiration Date 98000 processing for TMC updates and using Expiration Date 98000 processing (this allows a user to bypass VOLSER security validation by providing this feature with full dataset names); as well as being able to update TMC via ISPF/batch program updates via ISPF or batch program updates or batch program updates and finally using Expiration Date 98000 processing (which allows a user bypassing standard security validation) by providing 44 character dataset names instead. To make this feature work successfully this feature must provide all 44 character dataset names so it will work successfully).
TLMS helps reduce costs by offering electronic vaulting capabilities that automate tape ejection from systems without operator involvement, helping to reduce lost or wasted tape costs while speeding problem response times by enabling users to locate reusable tapes more quickly than would otherwise be the case.
TLMS also facilitates cloning active tape volumes from one system to another to reduce hardware, labor and floor space costs. Furthermore, TLMS facilitates data archiving from active tapes onto disk drives for increased storage capacity as well as enhanced performance and reliability.
As data expands exponentially, it becomes more vital than ever to store as much off-network. Cloud backup is one solution; tape backup systems offer the added advantage of being offline and less susceptible to cyberattacks and ransomware attacks. As cybercriminals become more advanced and ransomware becomes a real risk, organizations will require offline protection such as tape backup systems for keeping their most sensitive information safe and recovering quickly after an attack that could cost millions to overcome. With TLMS Tape Management you can ensure you safeguard all of your most sensitive data safely if cybercriminals strike again – keeping most valuable data safe despite an attack which could cost millions if recovered after an attack from ransomware attacks which could cost millions in recoverable damages to recover from.
Cross-System Tape Device Sharing
CA TLMS Tape Management delivers comprehensive capabilities to enhance quality and efficiency in tape operations, safeguard data integrity and cut costs. It manages physical and virtual tape libraries, unifies data migration and storage operations and streamlines daily tape management tasks so users can focus on more pressing matters such as data protection, monitoring and optimization.
TLMS features continuous integrity checks to prevent accidental overwriting of previously written tape data and detect problems before they become destructive. Furthermore, tape data sets and volume chains are reviewed regularly in order to detect issues early.
CopyCatTM, a standard feature available across mainframe systems supporting this functionality, automates file copying between systems supporting it – thus eliminating time consuming and error-prone manual file transfer activities and saving IT staff resources. Furthermore, TLMS facilitates cross-system tape device sharing between sites without full scale sysplex communications, providing mainframe customers with disaster recovery storage capacity sharing options.
In the event of a backup tape failure, TLMS offers organizations an effective solution that reduces system downtime while helping prevent data loss. Rewinding and applying tape labels are just two more services offered to assist organizations with recovering data from backups more easily.
Tape inventory tracking in TLMS provides you with information on the amount of tape space left on active DL/DR tapes, making it possible to determine when they have reached capacity and prevent overwrites. In addition, alerts can be set in place so TLMS notifies you if any active tapes fall below an established threshold (e.g. 80% of available capacity).
TLMS supports several policy keywords (ALLCATALOGED, CATALOGED, UNCATALOGED and IGNORE) for managing how it extracts catalog records from tape management system databases and OS catalogs for comparison, thus preventing mismatch errors from being generated when extracting tapes for read or update access. Furthermore, you may set it up so it ignores EXPDT=98000 code bypassing security validation in submitted jobs.