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Management and Control Techniques

CA 1 provides the following tape processing management and control:

• Tapes that are created and used on a non-IBM CPU can be tracked with the CA 1 Batch Update System.
• Tapes that are created by selected backup products running on Windows and UNIX systems can be tracked with the CA 1 Distributed Tape Support feature.
• CA 1 can manage tapes that are created on another CA 1 system with a volume serial number which conflicts with a CA 1 controlled volume. These tapes, which are known as duplicate tapes, are controlled with the Alternate Internal Volume Substitution (AIVS) facility. AIVS can also manage foreign tapes.
• The Vault Management System (VMS) allows you to route automatically critical tapes to and from off-site vaults or other locations as necessary. Full reporting is provided.
• The complete tape retention system establishes user-defined tape retention rules and defaults.