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Using Data Set Name Filtering

Data set names or patterns can be entered into a CA Vtape parmlib member to redirect a tape mount to a Virtual Device.

The advantages of this technique are ease of implementation, especially for testing purposes, and the centralization of filter processing in a single PDS member. If the filter member is placed in its own data set, access to the data set can be given to application, job scheduling, or operations personnel to update the filters as needed.

The disadvantage of this technique is having only a single selection criterion, data set name.