CA - 1 Tape Management - How to use TMSGRW to determine if a dataset on a tape is catalogued in the OS CATALOG

Products

• CA 1 Tape Management
• CA 1 Tape Management - Copycat Utility
• CA 1 Tape Management - Add-On Options

Issue/Introduction

How to report on all datasets which are catalogued in OS CATALOG .
Preferred reporting tool is TMSGRW  

Environment

Release : 14.0

Component : CA 1 Tape Management

Resolution

You should run TMSGRW and in the PROCESS-SECTION check that FLAG4 OSC flag (x'08') is ON in the volume record and FLAG1 OSC flag (x'08') is ON in the DSNB record

WHEN FLAG4 ON OSC
OR FLAG1 ON OSC (for DSNB records).

Additional Information

Refer to TMC volume and DSNB record definitions to determine the FLAG settings:

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-mainframe-software/performance-and-storage/ca-1-tape-management-system/14-0/programming/record-definitions-and-keywords.html

More information on TMSGRW can be found at 

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-mainframe-software/performance-and-storage/ca-1-tape-management-system/14-0/utilities-and-reports/tmsgrw-utility-produce-customized-reports-on-tmc-and-audit-records.html