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Distributed Tape Support (DTS)

Distributed Tape Support (DTS) provides a mechanism for recording the tape inventories of distributed backup servers in the VMF. This gives you a complete picture of all tapes in your entire enterprise, both mainframe and distributed. Depending on the distributed backup product in use, varying degrees of information is collected. This information would include the volume serial number, creation date, and other data relative to tape media. The following distributed backup products are currently supported:

This service runs in the CTS address space by the program named CTSDTS under the service name of DTS.