Changes for SC23-6866-00 z/OS Version 2 Release 1

This document contains information previously presented in z/OS V1R13 DFSMS OAM Planning, Installation, and Storage Administration Guide for Object Support, SC35-0426-11.

The following sections summarize the changes to that information.

This document contains terminology, maintenance, and editorial changes. Technical changes or additions to the text and illustrations are indicated by a vertical line to the left of the change.

You may notice changes in the style and structure of some content in this document—for example, headings that use uppercase for the first letter of initial words only or procedures that have a different look and format. The changes are ongoing improvements to the consistency and retrievability of information in our documents.

Changed Information

This edition includes the following changed information:

SETOAM statements for object tape storage has been updated for the new global level keywords TAPESDB and ALLOCRETRYMINUTES.
SETOSMC statements for use in the OSMC environment has been updated for the new global level keyword BACKUPDELETE.
In Tape volume table (TAPEVOL), VOLATTRF has been updated for TAPESDB.
Protecting against inadvertent object deletion has been rewritten.
High-level installation and migration checklists has new steps added.

These topics have been updated to reflect 3592 Model E07 read-compatibility processing:

Deleted Information

The topic "Optical devices that OAM no longer supports" has been deleted.