Abstract for DFSMS OAM Planning, Installation, and Storage Administration Guide for Object Support

Purpose of this information

This document introduces OAM and explains how to do the following tasks:
  • Plan for the installation of OAM.
  • Install OAM.
  • Customize OAM.
  • Administer OAM.
  • Operate OAM.

This document discusses using OAM's object support which you can use to manage objects on disk (Db2 or file system), optical, and tape volumes. For information on using OAM to manage tape library dataservers, see the z/OS DFSMS OAM Planning, Installation, and Storage Administration Guide for Tape Libraries.

Who should read this information

This document is for the system programmers, storage administrators, and system operators who perform these tasks.