CA 1 Tape Management - How can i ensure that a particular application uses a certain range of tapes - subpooling
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CA 1 Tape Management
CA 1 Tape Management - Copycat Utility
CA 1 Tape Management - Add-On Options
Issue/Introduction
Wants to ensure that a specific range of tapes are used for one particular application
Environment
Release : 14.0
Component : CA 1 Tape Management
Resolution
TMONSMnn member is used assign a scratch subpool.
Valid parameters you can specify are:
DSN
JOB
UNIT
MGMTCLAS
EDM
EXPDT
RETPD
For details please see "Scratch Pool Management Definition":
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-mainframe-software/performance-and-storage/ca-1-tape-management-system/14-0/programming/options-summary/tmoscrxx-options-table/scratch-pool-management-definition.html
Since pattern masking can be used with the DSN for example, may be you can find a specific pattern for your datasets . Or you may consider assign the data sets a specific MGMTCLAS (based on the PGM), which then can be specified. Be sure CA 1 SMS option is set to EXT, so that the true MGMTCLAS from allocation is retrieved.
The hlq.CTAPOPTN(TMOOPTxx) SMS parameter has the following options:
-YES = Enables CA 1 Tape Management System to record and use an SMS Management Class that the SMS ACS routines assigned.
-EXT = CA 1 Tape Management System obtains the true SMS Management Class during open-for-output processing. If the device is SMS-managed, then CA 1 Tape Management System records and uses the SMS Management Class that the SMS ACS routines assigned. If the device is not SMS-managed and no SMS Management Class is assigned during allocation, CA 1 Tape Management System drives its own call to obtain an SMS Management Class.
-NO = (Default) Disables the option.
Valid parameters you can specify are:
DSN
JOB
UNIT
MGMTCLAS
EDM
EXPDT
RETPD
For details please see "Scratch Pool Management Definition":
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-mainframe-software/performance-and-storage/ca-1-tape-management-system/14-0/programming/options-summary/tmoscrxx-options-table/scratch-pool-management-definition.html
Since pattern masking can be used with the DSN for example, may be you can find a specific pattern for your datasets . Or you may consider assign the data sets a specific MGMTCLAS (based on the PGM), which then can be specified. Be sure CA 1 SMS option is set to EXT, so that the true MGMTCLAS from allocation is retrieved.
The hlq.CTAPOPTN(TMOOPTxx) SMS parameter has the following options:
-YES = Enables CA 1 Tape Management System to record and use an SMS Management Class that the SMS ACS routines assigned.
-EXT = CA 1 Tape Management System obtains the true SMS Management Class during open-for-output processing. If the device is SMS-managed, then CA 1 Tape Management System records and uses the SMS Management Class that the SMS ACS routines assigned. If the device is not SMS-managed and no SMS Management Class is assigned during allocation, CA 1 Tape Management System drives its own call to obtain an SMS Management Class.
-NO = (Default) Disables the option.
Additional Information
Please note: CA 1 Tape Management System scratch subpooling is not supported in the IBM ATL and VTS Tape Library Data Server.
CA 1 scratch subpooling is based on mount messages. The original IBM mount message is intercepted and a TMS00n mount message is issued containing the scratch subpool name instead of PRIVAT or SCRTCH. Since the IBM library is driven by SMS and not by mount message, CA 1 scratch subpooling can not be used to assign a scratch pool.
CA 1 scratch subpooling is based on mount messages. The original IBM mount message is intercepted and a TMS00n mount message is issued containing the scratch subpool name instead of PRIVAT or SCRTCH. Since the IBM library is driven by SMS and not by mount message, CA 1 scratch subpooling can not be used to assign a scratch pool.
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