DSM/Tape Catalog User's Guide

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DSM/Tape Catalog User’s Guide
Index Tables
Legal Notices
What’s New in This Manual vii
Manual Information
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New and Changed Information
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About This Manual ix
Audience ix
Manual Organization ix
Related Publications x
Notation Conventions x
1. Introduction to DSM/TC
Magnetic Tape and Tape File Management 1-1
Using DEFINE Requests 1-1
Operational Characteristics 1-2
Main Components of DSM/TC 1-2
The MEDIACOM Interface and Its Commands 1-3
Volume Catalog 1-3
Tape Pools
1-6
Append Capable Pools 1-7
Tape Volumes
1-8
Tape Files
1-10
Disk Files
1-10
File Catalog 1-10
The CLASS TAPECATALOG DEFINE
1-12
CATALOGFILES Option of BACKUP and BACKCOPY
1-14
DSM/TC System Terms 1-16
System Search List 1-16
System Search Space
1-17
Current Default Node
1-17
Role-based flexibility in handling MEDIACOM commands 1-19