Manage, monitor and protect your tape devices, tape volumes and tape mount requests
Overview
IBM Tape Manager for z/VM® is a management tool that automates and organizes tape storage operations on z/VM systems, enabling efficient tracking, allocation and retrieval of tape resources. It streamlines backup and restore processes by optimizing tape usage, supporting both physical and virtual tape environments for enhanced data protection and accessibility.
It consolidates tape resources across multiple z/VM systems with a single, unified catalog, while protecting tape resources through RACF, other External Security Managers (ESM) or its internal security manager to enhance data security.
It proactively monitors tape resources and disk space, providing alerts to prevent shortages, while supporting dynamic sharing of tape devices with other z/VM and non-z/VM systems, maximizing resource availability and efficiency.
Tape Management Solution supports SL and NL tapes, IBM and third-party libraries. Includes data security erasure, catalog verification, and ATL content verification for robust tape management.
Features
Organizes tape information in a central tape catalog, making it easy to track, allocate and retrieve tape resources across the z/VM environment. This centralization reduces the complexity of tape management by providing a single point of control for all tape resources.
Manages tape resources across multiple z/VM systems and allows dynamic sharing of tape devices with other z/VM and non-z/VM systems, enabling consistent and efficient resource sharing across various systems in the network.
Monitors tape usage and catalog disk space, providing notifications to prevent shortages or capacity issues and helping ensure tape availability. With proactive alerts, administrators can address potential issues before they impact operations, improving overall reliability.
Supports both SL and NL tapes and allows authorized users to issue mount requests, including NL and Bypass Label Processing requests, for greater operational flexibility.
Provides support for both manual tape devices and automated libraries, allowing integration with a range of setups depending on infrastructure and operational needs. This flexibility supports various tape handling workflows, whether fully automated or manually managed.
Works with physical and virtual tape libraries from vendors such as IBM, Oracle StorageTek, EMC and Luminex, and includes utilities for data security erasure, catalog verification and ATL content verification. This multivendor compatibility, combined with security tools, helps ensure reliable data protection and streamlined operations across diverse tape environments.
Organizes tape information in a central tape catalog, making it easy to track, allocate and retrieve tape resources across the z/VM environment. This centralization reduces the complexity of tape management by providing a single point of control for all tape resources.
Manages tape resources across multiple z/VM systems and allows dynamic sharing of tape devices with other z/VM and non-z/VM systems, enabling consistent and efficient resource sharing across various systems in the network.
Monitors tape usage and catalog disk space, providing notifications to prevent shortages or capacity issues and helping ensure tape availability. With proactive alerts, administrators can address potential issues before they impact operations, improving overall reliability.
Supports both SL and NL tapes and allows authorized users to issue mount requests, including NL and Bypass Label Processing requests, for greater operational flexibility.
Provides support for both manual tape devices and automated libraries, allowing integration with a range of setups depending on infrastructure and operational needs. This flexibility supports various tape handling workflows, whether fully automated or manually managed.
Works with physical and virtual tape libraries from vendors such as IBM, Oracle StorageTek, EMC and Luminex, and includes utilities for data security erasure, catalog verification and ATL content verification. This multivendor compatibility, combined with security tools, helps ensure reliable data protection and streamlined operations across diverse tape environments.
Technical details
IBM Tape Manager runs on all supported versions of z/VM. Tape Manager supports all VM-supported tape media types and their hardware, including 3590s that use robotics.