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Managing Tape and DASD Resources

This chapter covers the following topics:

• General information about tapes, such as media types, densities, and tape formats
• Tape handling and DASD resources for backup and merge/purge/copy (MPC) jobs
• Tape selection for restore jobs

This section contains the following topics:

Tape and Media Types

Enhanced Device Recognition Support

Tape Drives, Media, Density Names, and TMC Values

Tape Formats

Resource Pools

CA VM:Tape Interface

Handling Tapes and DASD Resources for Backup and MPC Jobs