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Tape Archival Data Set

CA View automatically creates and deletes the tape archival data sets (also referred to as backup tape data sets). One data set is created per tape volume. SYSOUT groups and the backup of the master index are written sequentially to the same tape data set and are separated from each other by EOD records. The first record written to the tape for a SYSOUT group is the group's GCR. Using the high‑speed block ID positioning, CA View can quickly "spin down" to any SYSOUT group for retrieval.

As much SYSOUT as can fit on a tape is written to that tape. When the end of the tape is sensed or an I/O error occurs, CA View terminates the tape data set. Then, it allocates a new data set on another tape volume, and continues writing to the new volume.