What is FATSCOPY?
FATSCOPY uses the copying facilities of FATAR to automate stacking of data sets on high-capacity tape volumes and migration to new types of tape. Only data sets with IBM standard labels (LABEL=SL) or standard user labels (LABEL=SUL) can be copied.
FATSCOPY can select the data sets to be copied or migrated from your system catalogs or from your tape management database. You specify the data sets by:
- data set name prefixes or masks (such as JAT.DATA.**);
- tape volume serial prefixes or ranges;
- catalog tape device type (3480, 3490E or 3590).
- Once the data sets are selected from the catalog, FATSCOPY will access information for each data set from your tape management system. FATSCOPY currently supports CA 1, Control-M/Tape, TLMS, Zara, and DFSMSrmm; see Activating the Tape Management Interface for information on installing the required tape management interface. You can then additionally filter the data sets to be copied based on tape management system information, including:
- creation date
- expiration date
- creating job name and/or step name
- data set size
FATSCOPY currently supports CA 1, TLMS, Control-M/Tape, Zara, and DFSMSrmm; FATSCOPY can also be directed to copy entire tape volumes, selected by volser. The data set names on the specified tapes will be acquired from your tape management system, and all files on those tapes will be copied. If a tape volume specified is part of a multi-volume tape set, FATSCOPY will copy all volumes in that tape set and all data sets on the tape set, automatically.
FATSCOPY will dynamically allocate the input data sets it has selected and will then copy them to an output tape. Information recorded in your tape management system about each input data set can optionally be propagated to the tape management records of the output data sets, and the input tapes can optionally be returned to scratch status for reuse.