CA 1 Tape Management - Will DFSMShsm as an EDM override what is define in our DR scratch pool

Products

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

Issue/Introduction

DFSMShsm is defined as an External Data Manager (EDM).

Will DFSMShsm, as an EDM, override what is defined in scratch pool member TMOSCRxx?

Environment

Release : 14.0

Component : CA 1 Tape Management

Resolution

No it will not.

Additional Information

As a reminder,  define any  EDM (e.g DFHSM) in the TMONSMxx tables in scratch pool management  

EDM=edmname
Specifies the EDM ID as assigned by EDM processing. This allows a scratch subpool to be assigned to a particular External Data Manager.

See the following link for more details:

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-mainframe-software/performance-and-storage/ca-1-tape-management-system/14-0/installing/install-and-deploy-ca-1-tape-management-system/configure-without-ca-csm/define-dfsmshsm-as-an-edm.html