Mass tape-copy operations

A key feature of Tape Optimizer is its ability to copy numerous tapes in a single copy job. The product imposes no limit on the number of tapes that can be copied per job.

This feature can provide the following benefits to your enterprise:

• Reduce the impact of copy operations on system performance and availability. Only one copy job is written to the JES queue, initiated, and scanned for completion status.
• Reduce the workload for tape operators and the related personnel costs.
• Make recovery from a failed tape-copy operation easier. You restart just one copy job to resume copy processing from the appropriate point.

Also, with Tape Optimizer, you can run multiple subtasks for a single copy job to accommodate large copy operations. For more information, see Strategies for optimizing performance of mass-copy operations.