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Converting a Database to CA VM:Tape Format

If you have a pre-existing tape catalog, use the VMTCON utility to convert that data to the CA VM:Tape database format. Your pre-existing tape catalog could be a flat file that you update on disk or just a list that you update in a hardcopy form.

You do not need to convert if you are starting from scratch. For example, if you have 5000 blank tapes and you want CA VM:Tape to manage them, you have no tape catalog information to convert.

The VMTCON utility converts non-CA VM:Tape records to a format compatible with CA VM:Tape. Format these records into a TMC using another CA VM:Tape utility, VMTBUILD, to create a TMC. For more information, see Converting Non-CA VM:Tape Records to TMC Records and VMTBUILD Utility (CMS TMCs Only).