hum - something I found in publically available doc
CA Copycat Utility Features CA Copycat Utility is designed to copy data from tape to tape while retaining the information in the CA 1 Tape Management Catalog (TMC) or in the CA TLMS Volume Master File (VMF) regarding data set attributes and the creation information of the original data set. Tape Conversions CA Copycat Utility enables you to convert from one tape medium or format to another. Automated data set copy methods expedite the conversion process and significantly reduce the resource requirements demanded by manual conversions using JCL. Media Consolidation/Stacking CA Copycat Utility permits you to consolidate active data sets from multiple tape volumes onto fewer volumes, resulting in a larger scratch pool. By using CA-Earl, the standard report writer, you can identify the control information that CA Copycat Utility needs to effectively improve the utilization of the entire tape library. Migration to Virtual Tape CA Copycat Utility facilitates the migration to virtual tape systems by copying physical media to virtual media. If you want the virtual tape system to handle the file stacking, you can unstack the previously stacked tapes into the virtual system. The virtual system would then assign a unique volume to each file copied. Carmen Vitullo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bobby Herring" <bherr...@txfb-ins.com> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 9:35:48 AM Subject: Re: Tape to tape copy jcl CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The foregoing message (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communication Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. sections 2510-2521, and is CONFIDENTIAL. If you believe that it has been sent to you in error, do not read it. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
