CA Dynam for VSE User Guide

Common Subset Features
• Protects disk data sets from overlapping and deleting active files
• Provides device independence for automatic conversion to new DASD
devices
CA Dynam/FI File Independence
CA Dynam/FI allows files to be switched from most sequential media to either
tape or disk in the following ways:
• Dynamically reblocks files for specified devices.
• Dynamically changes record formats.
• Simulates unit-record to multi-record device types, such as card reader to
tape.
Common Subset Features
Certain utility and reporting programs were designed to support the combined
CA Dynam for VSE system. Each subset shares these programs. The programs
perform the following jobs:
• Data set control using the CA Dynam Catalog File
• Disaster recovery using the CA Dynam Audit Trail File
• Interfacing with your data center's operating system
• Reporting on CA Dynam and your operating system data
Creation of the CA Dynam Catalog is a requirement of CA Dynam/T, the tape
management subset. For information about creating the Audit and Catalog
files, see the "Maintaining Tape Files" chapter.
Throughout this guide, all comments that refer to the combined CA Dynam
system (commonly known as CA Dynam) apply equally to each of the three
products, regardless of their individual or combined installation. Individually,
the products are referred to by their commonly known names: CA Dynam/T,
CA Dynam/D, and CA Dynam/FI.
CA Dynam Catalog and Audit Trail Files
Use of the Catalog file is required for CA Dynam/T and is optional for CA
Dynam/D and CA Dynam/FI.
Use of the Audit Trail file is optional for all subset systems.
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