How do you address the challenges of cost-effectively managing data in your enterprise,
while still optimizing tape utilization and ensuring data integrity?
You know that the data stored in your tape library is critical to the success of
your business, and managing this data is a significant, but critical responsibility.
As storage requirements are growing at a staggering pace every year, so too do your
hardware, labor, and floor space costs.
Data Strategies Int’l offers an end-to-end tape data migration solution that easily
converts tape media from one format to another or enables the migration of your
entire tape library to a new tape storage technology. Our services are performed
onsite and offline utilizing proprietary software and stand-alone SCSI, ESCON, or
channel-attached hardware devices, resulting in virtually no usage of CPU time and
minimal impact on day-to-day operations. Or, if desired, Data Strategies Int’l can
handle all conversion tasks at one of our secure sites.
Tape Copy
This service generates an exact copy of any active tape volume and migrates it to
a new tape volume of the same media type. Since the contents of the new volume (including
the volume label, for labeled tapes) is not changed, the new volume may be used
in place of the old one immediately.
Tape Conversion
This service generates a bit-for-bit copy of any active tape volume and migrates
it to a new tape volume of a different media type. Since the contents of the new
volume (including the volume label, for labeled tapes) are not changed, the new
volume may immediately replace the old one.
Volume Stacking
This service stacks multiple active tape volumes (a volume-set) onto one or more
new tape volumes of a different media type. The logical structure of the old volume-set
is not changed; however, since the new media is of a different media type, the number
of volumes in the new volume-set and the dataset's segment structure may be different.
Dataset Stacking
This service enables multiple datasets from multiple volume-sets to be stacked onto
one or more new tape volumes of a different media type. Selective dataset stacking
may also be performed. The logical and physical structures of the old volume-sets
will be changed since the new media is of a different type and multiple volume-sets
are combined.
Automated TMS and OS Catalog Updates
Tape conversion, volume stacking, and dataset stacking may change the logical and
physical structures of the old volume-sets if the new media is of a different type
and/or multiple volume-sets are combined onto a reduced number of media volumes.
If the tape volumes are under the control of a tape management system (TMS), updates
must be made to the TMS database and OS catalog to ensure data integrity.
Data Strategies Intl’s tools for Tape Data Migration automatically analyze the information
contained in the customer's TMS database for the datasets and volume-sets to be
stacked and combines them with the new information coming from the stacking operations
to generate all input data needed to update both the TMS databases and the OS catalog.
This makes the off-line nature of the stacking services transparent to both the
TMS and OS catalog. Most popular tape management systems are supported, including
CA-1, RMM, TLMS, and Zara.
Additional Services
- Tape Labeling and Initialization
- Tape Label Verification
- TMS Pre- and Post-Processing
Typical Customer Benefits
- Up to 95% reduction in off-site vaulting costs
- At least 25%-75% improvement in cartridge utilization
- Requires no additional tape mounts
- Onsite delivery of services addresses security issues encountered when required
to send tapes offsite
- No need to purchase or lease additional hardware or MIPS
- Reduces floor space requirements
- Ensures critical or deep archive data is usable
- Consolidates long-term retention datasets and volumes
For additional information on our Tape Library Services, please contact us at:
sales@go-dsi.com.