Export Tapes

Export tapes are used when you have to send tape data to a government entity or a business partner. They are uncataloged, stacked versions of the original application data set(s) written to CA Vtape. These tapes can be read without CA Vtape being active.

Note: Export Tapes are not used for Disaster Recovery except for a limited number of tapes.

These tapes are created during the Externalization Process. The Backstore Engine first writes to the Primary and Duplex Tapes simultaneously and then writes to the Export Tape. The additional processing step doubles the time it takes to Externalize the data.

Export tapes are generated using the user data set name and format. This requires that the SVTSAS address space have UPDATE or OUTPUT authority to create the data sets. If SVTSAS does not have enough authority, security error messages will be issued and the Export will fail:

This illustration is an example of the security error messages issued when the Export fails.