What does Tape Optimizer do?
Tape Optimizer is a robust tape-copy utility. It can efficiently copy a multitude of tape volumes or data sets in a single copy request. Also, it provides many copy options for tailoring copy requests and releasing copied tapes.
The following list summarizes key product features:
- Copies data sets individually, or copies entire tape chains that include the tape volumes or data sets that you specify
- Works with all tape media and tape devices that are compatible with your IBM system, including VTSs
- Runs up to 10 copy tasks concurrently for a single copy job to help you copy tape volumes or data sets much more quickly
- Provides an ISPF interface with online Help for configuring and submitting copy requests
- Enables you to define a variety of filters to specify precisely the input tapes or data sets to copy
- Optionally stacks tape volumes or data sets on output tapes to reduce the number of tapes that need to be stored and maintained
- Optionally renames tape data sets as they are copied based on the renaming criteria that you specify
- Generates a detailed copy log, online copy statistics by tape volume, and three summary reports (the Tape Selection Summary report, Request Summary report, and Stacked Tape Summary report) for each copy request
- Applies the DFSMSrmm tape library information for the input tapes to the output tape definitions to preserve this information
- Updates the system catalog information for the copied tape data sets to reflect their new tape locations
- Enables you to perform a trial run of a copy job to ensure that the correct tape volumes or data sets will be copied
- Enables you to restart copy requests from the appropriate point