Other Names:

SAMS:Vtape
CA Vtape

Categories:

Disk + Tape + Automation

Status:

 Active

Vendor:

Broadcom

Previous Vendors:

Sterling Software -> CA Technologies

Platforms:

z/OS  

Short Description:

Virtual tape software
 

Detail:

Software to create virtual tape drives, eliminating tape mounts. Existing JCL, applications and tape management software continue to operate as if using real tape drives. However VTape stores the datasets on disk or other storage devices. Data can be later written to tape if required. Benefits include tape mount elimination, improved tape stacking and faster tape access.


Entry last updated: 11-Feb-2023

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