Mismatch between TMC and OS Catalog

Article Id: 74881

Status: Published

Updated On: 25-04-2018 11:37

Products:

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

Issue/Introduction:

Use the TMSOSCAT utility to determine the differences between the TMC and the Operating System (OS) Catalog.

CA 1 must be active or batch active to run TMSOSCAT.

Environment:

R14.0

Resolution:

1. Include a parameter of NO PARM Only, in order to only receive the report. Do not add a PARM.

The most common control statements for TMSOSCAT are below:

To get a report of your discrepancies run TMSOSCAT with what is below. We recommend you run both reports.

1.

V=YES,l=YES,RC=ERRORS,RS=DSN if you want to find what's in the TMC and not in the catalog.

2.

V=YES,l=YES,RC=ERRORS,RS=VSN to find out what's in the catalog and not in the TMC.

Next control statement:

This will give you a list of the tapes in error and with no catalog entry.

V=YES,RC=ERRORS,RS=DSN

Additional Information:

For an in depth review of TMSOSCAT, please see the link below which will take you to our CA 1 TMSOSCAT Utility in the Utilities and Reports Guide on our docops site.

https://docops.ca.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=219154338