Specific Control Options › TAPE—Tape Protection

TAPE—Tape Protection

Valid on z/OS.

Use the TAPE control option to specify the type of tape protection (if any) in effect at the installation.

This control option has the following format:

TAPE(OFF|DSNAME|DEF)

OFF

(Default) z/OS will not invoke CA Top Secret to validate a tape access request. TAPE(OFF) is used to indicate the use of external tape management packages such as TMS or TLMS.

DEF

CA Top Secret will validate access requests for defined volumes only.

DSNAME

CA Top Secret will perform data set name checking using the full data set name supplied on the DSNAME keyword of the JCL. If CA Top Secret cannot determine what the DSNAME is, such as when creating an NL tape from an SL tape, CA Top Secret supplies a data set name of:

$$.UNKNOWN.TAPE.DSN

If you encounter this problem, you will need to add a PERMIT for this data set name as follows:

TSS PERMIT(ALL) DSNAME($$.UNKNOWN.TAPE.DSN)
                ACCESS(ALL)

Appropriate Settings for TAPE Option

• Set TAPE(OFF) for CA 1 Tape Management with the CA 1 interface active and CA TLMS® Tape Management.
• Set TAPE(DSNAME) for CA Tape.

See the User Guide for detailed descriptions of volume security and tape data set security.

Examples: TAPE control option