Determine the number of resources you have in your removable
media library. |
How many volumes do you have in your removable media library?
- A volume is any type of removable media,
such as a tape cartridge or an optical disk. Add an average of five
volumes in your count for each software product in your installation.
How many shelf locations or slots do you maintain in your
removable media library and in your storage locations?
- A shelf location is a single space on
a shelf where you store a volume. Count all shelves in the library
and in your storage locations. For DFSMSrmm subcommands and the ISPF
dialog, shelf locations in the removable media library are called rack numbers. Shelf locations in storage locations
are called bin numbers.
How many data sets do you have on removable media?
- Count any data sets on your removable media.
How many different individuals or groups use removable
media?
- DFSMSrmm can keep track of owners and of removable media in the
DFSMSrmm control data set.
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Determine the number of requests submitted to your removable
media library. |
How many scratch tape mounts are performed daily?
How many non-scratch tape mounts are performed daily?
- A non-scratch tape mount is a specific
tape mount as, for example, when someone requests a tape he or she
owns or a software product tape.
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Determine the types of activities taking place in your media
library. |
What activities are performed to support disaster recovery
and vital records management?
- How many volumes enter and leave your removable media library
daily? This includes volumes moving to storage locations for disaster
recovery and vital records, as well, as foreign tapes entering your
library.
How many volumes are returned to scratch daily?
- This number can be used to calculate the space required for the
journal.
How many volumes expire daily?
- This number can be used to calculate the space required for the
journal.
How many logical volumes are imported and exported daily?
- This number can be used to calculate the space required for the
journal.
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Determine the number of information changes that might be made
to DFSMSrmm information. |
This number can be used to calculate the space required
for the journal.
- Changes include information about data sets, owners, software
products, or volumes made by using the DFSMSrmm TSO subcommands or
DFSMSrmm ISPF dialog.
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