Tape Manager for z/VM

• V1.3 of Tape Manager for z/VM is the most recent release available. Details are available in the announcement letter
• Manages tapes across multiple z/VM systems, allowing you to maintain one catalog of tape volumes
• Manages tape resources by organizing tapes into system and private groups called pools
• Monitors tape resources and notifies you when tape resources are running low or tape catalog disk space is nearing capacity
• Protects tape resources through Tape Manager authorization facilities on z/VM, through RACF or other External Security Manager (ESM) on z/VM, or through your existing security manager when running with RMM on z/OS
• Supports the automation of tasks involving tapes through APIs
• Allows sharing of tape devices with other z/VM and non-z/VM systems
• Provides utilities to perform data security erase, tape catalog verification, and ATL content verification
• Supports Standard Label (SL) and Non-Label (NL) tapes
• Optionally allows users to issue Bypass Label Processing (BLP) mount requests

Announcement letters

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