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FATSCOPY Features

Tape Media
Tools that...

Analyze
Erase
Certify
and Scan


The Only
"Conversion &
Stacking Tool"

you will need!

Convert and Stack:

  • 3480 and 3490E
        -to-

  • IBM 3590/3592 and VTS

  • StorageTek 9840/9940 and VSM

FATSCOPY Supports IBM's new 3592 Tape Drives with a Physical Tape Capacity of 300 GB (up to 900GB with 3:1 compression)

FATSCOPY will allow you to dramatically reduce the size of your existing Tape Library!


The Media Tool
Erase Tapes: Erase all data on a tape before it is discarded.

Certify Tapes: Insure that new and existing tapes do not have errors that would cause costly runs.

The Data Tool
Common tasks done daily with FATAR.

Mapping a Tape:
Verify the characteristics of a tape, what files are on tape, how many, names, DCB characteristics,
blocksizes, creation and expiration dates, compression statistics and more...

Copying a Tape:
FATAR can make an exact bit for bit image copy of an input tape, or can do logical copies,
allowing you to rename, reblock, and selectively copy files from the input tape.

Error Recovery:
FATAR extensive error recovery allows you to read (and copy) tapes that have had tape errors,
avoiding significant rerun time.


Convert and Stack with FATSCOPY
Convert and Stack:
FATSCOPY can convert tape datasets from one media type to another. For example, you could convert 100 3480 tapes to an IBM 3590 Magstar tape or an IBM 3592 tape cartridge and all of the files on the 3480s will be stacked on the 3590 or 3592 and recataloged, transparent to the using application.

FATSCOPY supports CA-1 and IBM's RMM tape management systems.

VTS Support:

Tape files can be moved to a VTS (Virtual Tape Server) or from a VTS to real tape. FATSCOPY supports VTS, VSM, CopyCross and CA-VTAPE.

FATSCOPY—Media Conversion Example:



All of the tape datasets (CATDSN=**) that are currently cataloged to the 3490E tape device type will be copied and stacked onto StorageTek 9840 cartridges. Since this is a migration, MULTIFILE=YES has been coded to allow tapes already containing multiple files to be copied. Defaults have been taken to ensure that the copied files are recataloged to the output tape and the input files are returned to scratch status.

FATSCOPY—Tape Stacking Example:


This example shows tape datasets belonging to a single application being selected by FATSCOPY.

In this particular case, we are looking for all datasets that have a five-character high-level qualifier, of which the first four characters are 'APPL' and the fifth character is any single valid alphanumeric or national character. The datasets can then have any second level, but the third level must be 'SAVE'. There can then be any number of additional levels in the name.

Only datasets matching the name mask, and that were created between 2000.001 and 2000.100, will be selected for the stacking process. They will be copied and stacked onto an IBM 3590 cartridge. The copied files will be recataloged to the output tape, and the input tapes will be returned to scratch status.

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FATSCOPY User Experience

We had 1000's of 3480/3490E tapes in our disaster recovery site. We used FATSCOPY to copy them to IBM 3590 Magstar tapes which reduced our offsite storage cost by 90%!