MEDIA CONVERSIONS

•Wonderingwhattodowithexistingdatasetsonoldtechnology•Tryingtounderstandwhattoapplytorecentlyacquired 36Trk,HelicalTapes,VirtualTapeSystems,orOptical Storagedevicesandtryingtofigureouthownotto waste90%ofeachvolume

INDEPENDENTLY MANAGE TAPE MEDIA RESOURCES

ZELA will independently manage your Manual Tape Library,OpticalStorageDevicesandyourVirtualTapeSolution,therebyprovidingTotalTapeMediaManagementfortheentireenterprisewithaSingleSolution.

ZELAprovides storagemanagement professionalswith a

robustsolutionthatwillleadyouintothe21stcentury.Many

confuseZELAwith “justanother tapestacker.”Quite the

opposite,ZELAactuallyaddressestheevergrowingneeds

ofenterprisedatacenterstryingtokeepupwithproduction

processing,newtechnology,andmeetingitscommitments

establishedwithmanagementandtheircustomers.

Storage management groups are faced withovercoming many of the following challenges:

VIRTUAL TAPE SOLUTIONS

•Decidewhichdatasetsshouldbemigrated intotheVirtualTapeSolution•HowtomigratedatasetsINTOtheVirtualTapeSolution•HowtomigratedatasetsOUToftheVirtualTapeSolution

AUTOMATED TAPE LIBRARY SYSTEMS

•ScratchvolumesnotavailableforProductionProcessing•RunningoutoftapeslotswithintheRoboticsFacilities•Overwhelmedbymanualintensivelaborperforming physicalejections•TheTMSCatalog,MVScatalogandRoboticscontrol datasetsgettingoutofsync•ConstantlyallocatingfundingforadditionalMediaandRobotics•Costofnewconstructionoftapelibrary,raisedfloor, taperacks,media,etc.

•Howtoforecasthardwareandmedianeeds

MANUAL TAPE LIBRARIES

•Runningoutofmedia,scratchvolumesandtapedevices•ComplicationsmanagingCatalog,Cycle,UsageorUSER controlleddatasets•Humanresourcesandprojectcoststomoveormakecopies ofproductionapplicationfilesordisasterrecoveryhaverisen toalltimehighs•Under-staffedandoverworkedOperationalTeams•Consolidationofdatacentersandmediaresources

INTELLIGENT DATA STACKING

ZELAmaximizestapeutilizationbyconsolidatingdatasetstofewertapes through conflict-free intelligent stacking, compression,reblocking andmedia conversion. This benefits installations byreclaimingunderutilizedresources.

AUTOMATED SCRATCH POOL MANAGEMENT

ZELAmonitorstapemediaenvironments,suchasmanuallibrariesor Robotic Libraries to ensure that an adequate percentage ofscratches is consistently available in order to avoid any workstoppageduringproductionprocessing.

TAPE STORAGE SOLUTIONS

EXPLOIT VIRTUAL TAPE TECHNOLOGY

ZELA isan ideal tool toutilizewithVirtual TapeSolutions suchas the IBMVirtual TapeServer, or other similar systems. ZELArelocatesdesiredexistingdatasetsintotheVirtualTapeSolutionand frees the older tape technology for reuse in production orremovalfromservice.

MONITOR VIRTUAL TAPE SOLUTIONS

Once the Virtual Tape Solution is fully operational, there are avarietyoffunctionsthatZELAperformstoenhanceitscapability:

•Automateddatasetmigrationinto VirtualTapeEnvironments•Unstackingofpreviouslystackeddatasets•ApplicationDatasetPre-stagingwithin VirtualTapeEnvironments•ApplicationDatasetDe-stagingwithin VirtualTapeEnvironments•Offloadidleorunwanteddatasetsand stackthemontoexternalmediaofchoice.

OPTICAL STORAGE DEVICES SUPORT

ZELAcanmigratedata intoandoutofOpticalStorageDevicesbywritingthemontoHighCapacityTapeCartridges,AutomatedTapeRobotics,VirtualTapeSolutions,and/orStorageTek’s9840

VOLSAFETapes.

RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS REPORTING

The ZELA Research and Analysis reporting system is acomprehensive report on the overall benefits and savings thatwould otherwise require months of expensive research andtimebyyourprofessionalstaff.All information isgathered fromtheMVS Catalog, TMS Catalog, and Robotic Control Datasets.Datasetconflictsareresolvedviaanalysisofyourdatacenter’s

SMFhistoricaldata.

DISASTER RECOVERY SUPPORT

Disaster recovery support with dual copy of datasets, datasetpackaging for streamline recovery, and automated recovery ofcriticalproductiondatasetswithintheVirtualTapeEnvironment,RoboticFacility,ManualTapeLibraries,etc.ZELAalso includes

supportforDFDSSandFDRproprietaryformats.

LOGICAL EJECTION

Logical Ejection is an action accomplished via high-speedcopy of the subject dataset(s) from the media within theAutomated Library to an output destination device of choicesuchasExternalTapeCartridges,TapeReels,DASDandDASDArrays,OpticalStorageDevices,RemoteElectronicTapeVaults,other Robotic Facilities or back into the original facility forreconsolidation.

ZELASAFE DATASET PROTECTION

ZELASAFEDatasetSecurityandProtectionProvidesDatasetandVolumeLevelSecurityandprotectionforproductionapplicationfiles being archived for Disaster Recovery and providingenhanced dataset stacking protection for Catalog Controlled,

CycleControlled,UsageControlled,UserControlledandmore!

ROBOTIC LIBRARY SUPPORT

ZELA operates as a monitoring system to manage RoboticLibrary Facilitiesensuringmaximumutilizationofthistechnology.ZELA’s advanced dataset consolidation process benefitsRobotic Libraries by reclaiming space on cartridges andincreasing the availability of robotic slots. Zela has saveddata centers thousands of dollars reclaiming underutilizedresources. ZELA supports multi-vendor architectures such asIBM,STK,HDS,Sutmyn,andGrau(Emass).

DATASET SELECTION CRITERIA

ZELA allows users to select datasets based on name, size,idleness, volume range, application, SMS management class,accounting information, expiration date, creating job name,andmore.

DATASET SELECTION CRITERIA

OnceZELAhascompleted theprocessofmigratingdatasets toothertapemediaitwillrunthelaststepwhichistheupdatejob.ThisputsbacktheoriginaljobcreationinformationandupdatesthetapemanagementsystemdatabaseandtheMVScatalog.

allows users to selectively decide which datasets or applica-tions will populate the Virtual Tape Solution based on namingconventions, volume ranges, size limitations, application, SMSmanagement class, accounting information, expiration date,andcreating jobname.Most importantly, ZELAallowsusers tounstackpreviouslystackeddatasetsfortransitiontoVirtualTapeSolutions.

APPLICATION DATASET PRE-STAGING

WithZELA,userscanpre-stagedatasetsfromthephysicaltapeto theDASD buffer so that applications can immediately beginprocessingwhenexecuted.

APPLICATION DATASET DE-STAGING

ZELAcanmonitortheVirtualStorageManagerenvironmentandidentifyuserdefineddatasetsthatarelocatedintheDASDbufferandmigratethemtothephysicaltapeinVirtualStorageManagerfreeingtheDASDbufferforotherproductiondatasets.

MANAGING AN ACTIVE PRODUCTIONVIRTUAL TAPE SOLUTION

As the Virtual Tape Solution starts to reach its capacity, ZELAcanoff-loadidleorunwanteddatasetsandstackthemontoanyexternal media of choice that can reside within your datacenterorrelocatethemtoyourdisasterrecoverysite.

DISASTER RECOVERY SUPPORTFOR VIRTUAL TAPE SOLUTIONS

For Disaster Recovery purposes, ZELA can make copies of alldatasetsthatresideinaVirtualTapeSolutionandoptionallystackthemontoanyexternalmediaofchoiceprovidingdatacenterswithcompleterecoverysupport.

FOR VIRTUAL TAPE SOLUTIONS

ZELA is the ideal tapemedia management product to have upandrunningbeforethearrivaloftheVirtualTapeSolution.YourtapestorageteamwillbeabletouseZELAduringeveryphaseofthe Virtual Tape Solution project and fully exploit this newtechnology. Once implemented in your data center, ZELA willindependentlymanageyourManualTapeLibraryRoboticFacilityandtheVirtualTapeSolution,therebyprovidingTotalTapeMediaManagementfortheentireenterprisewithasinglesolution.

Although the Virtual Tape system will ultimately automateand improve several aspects of managing tape datasets forproductionprocessing,thephasesforVirtualTapeplanningandpre-and-postimplementationrequireagreatdealofresearchandmanualinterventionifthepropertoolsarenotinplace.

ZELA facilitates many of the tasks involved with all

phases of Virtual Tape Solution implementation, and can

beusedasavaluabletoolofferingthefollowingfeatures

andbenefits:

VIRTUAL TAPE SOLUTION PLANNING/SIMULATION

TapestorageteamcansetthestageforthearrivaloftheVirtualTape Solution by using ZELA’s Research and Analysis Report-ingprocesstomodelandsimulatetheVirtualTapeEnvironmentbeforethehardwarearrives.DuringthemodelingandsimulationprocessZELAwillidentifyandselectdatasetsthatarecandidatesformigrationintotheVirtualTapeenvironment.Theresultofthisanalysiswill provide information for a clear assessment of theVirtual Tape Storage capacity required at your installation inordertoaccomplishyourgoals.

POPULATING A NEWLY INSTALLEDVIRTUAL TAPE SOLUTION

ZELAcomplementsVirtualTapeSolutionsbyrelocatingselecteddatasets into theVirtualTapeSolutionand frees theolder tapetechnologyforreuseinproductionorremovalfromservice.ZELA

TAPE STORAGE SOLUTIONS

ZELDA AND FASTGENR FEATURES & BENEFITS

ZELDA

Free up wasted DASD resources for future processing. AvoidexcessiveresourceutilizationbyreducingthrashingduringHSMmigrations and recalls by accessing data directly from tape.RelocateDASDdatasetstothemediumofchoiceincludingTape,VirtualTapeSolutions,andRoboticFacilities.

FASTGENR

fastgenr is a high-speed replacement for IEBGENR. By usingfastgenr as the vehicle to speed up the process of copyingsequentialdatasets,ZELAandZELDAwillperformmorethan50%fasterthananyofitscompetitorsandutilizelessresourcesduringtheprocess.

FASTGENR offers real dollar savings by reducing CPU time,EXCPsandElapsedtime.

Achieve the following benefits:

•Automatedmediaanddatasetmanagement•SimulateVirtualTapebeforeitsarrival•DisasterrecoverysupportforVirtualTapeSolutions•Eliminatemanualintervention•Reducehumanerror•Reducesystemoverhead•Fasterperformance•MonitorVirtualTapeenvironmentstoensure continuousefficiency•Automatedmediaconversion

VIRTUAL TAPE SOLUTION MANAGEMENT PACK

SEA provides The Virtual Tape Solutions Management Packwhich is comprised of three program products: ZELA, ZELDA,and fastgenr. This set of toolswas combined to give users theability to achieve their desired goals utilizing less time andresources during the implementation of Virtual Tape Solutions.The following graphs demonstrate how the SEA Virtual TapeSolutionsManagementPackcanbenefityourEnterprise:

REDUCEIMPLEMENTATION TIME

ReducethetimerequiredfortheimplementationoftheVirtualTapeSolutionbymorethan80%.

REDUCTION INHUMAN RESOURCESReducehumanresourcesneededfortheprocessofmigratingdataintotheVirtualTapeSolutionbymorethan70%.

REDUCE SYSTEM OVERHEADOver50%reductioninCPUtime,Elapsedtime,EXCPsandConnecttimeduringtheprocessofcopyingdatasetsintoVirtualTapeSolutions.

RECLAIM DASD SPACEReclaimupto30%ofDASDspacebymigratingdatasetsfromDASDtotapeorVirtualTape.

HIGH SPEED COPYING OF DATASETS

Throughhigh-speedcopyingofdatasets,ZELAcanrelocatedatafrom media within the automated tape library to external tapecartridges, tape reels, DASD, DASD arrays, optical storagedevices, remote electronic tape vaults, other robotic facilities,or even back into the original facility for re-consolidation.The output devices can be local, remote, or in a disasterrecoverylocation.Asthedataisbeingcopied(logicallyejected),datasetscanbe(optionally)selectivelyre-blocked,compressed,andstacked.ThedatasetsprocessedbyZELA,andtheirultimatedestinationsaredeterminedbyrulesdefinedbytheuser.

ELECTRONIC FILE TRANSFER

Datasets are transmitted based upon user-defined maximumnumberofblocks,kilobytes,megabytes,orgigabytes.ZELAwillinterfacewith any data transfer software such as: BDT, NDM,XMIT,TTRAN,AFT,in-housedevelopedsystems,andmore.

DISASTER RECOVERY

ZELAwillallowtheusertopackagecriticalproductiondatasetson anymediumof choice and transfer these files to a disasterrecovery location via channel attachment, dual copy (media),or electronic file transfer. Using ZELASAFE, users can takemeasures to add extra protection and security to ensure theircritical production datasets will be available when needed fordisasterrecovery.

TAPE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS SUPPORTED

CA1,TLMS,RMM,tape2000,ControlT,ZARA

OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORTED

MVS/ESA,MVSXA,OS/390andz/OS

HARDWARE SUPPORTED

IBM,STK,Sutmyn,HitachiDataSystems,Grau(Emass)

HIGH PERFORMANCE REMOVABLE MEDIA MAXIMIZER

ZELAisatapemediastorageoptimizationprogramproductthatgives storagemanagement professionals the ability tomanagetoday’shighlysophisticatedtapemediaresourceswiththeutmostefficiency.

Whether the user’s tape environment is a Manually ManagedTapeLibrary,aRoboticTapeLibrary,oraVirtualTapeSolution,the purpose of ZELA is to help manage tape resources in anautomatedfashion.

ManualandRoboticTapeLibrariesbenefit fromZELA’smethodofdatasetconsolidationviaitsintelligentstacking,compression,reblocking,andmediaconversion.TheobjectiveusingZELAforAutomated Tape Library Systems is tomanage tape resourceswithintheroboticfacilitieswithoutmanualintervention,benefitingthe entire data center by providing maximum utilization of thehardware investment. Theend result of the ZELAprocess is toprovideautomatedscratchpoolmanagementbyfreeingwastedresourcesforfutureproductionprocessing.

Intoday’sdatacenterwhereVirtualTapeSolutionshavebecomeveryprevalent,ZELAhasbeenrecognizedasaprimary tool fortheimplementationandmanagementofthisnewtechnology.

EASILY MANAGED BY EXCEPTION WITH SIMPLE RULES

ZELA allows users to define rules which control datasets orgroups of datasets using simple keywords. These rules specifyan IDLE PERIOD (time since last accessed) for determiningwhether dataset processing is required. If the dataset has notbeenaccessedforalengthoftimeexceedingtheuserspecifiedidleperiod,thedatasetorgroupofdatasetsqualifiesforActionprocessing.Thefollowingactions,whicharedefinedintherules,canbeperformed: Logical Ejection (includingRe-consolidation,Tape-to-DASD,Tape-to-Optical,ElectronicFileTransfer,DynamicMediaRotation)MediaConversion,orPhysicalEjection.

TAPE STORAGE SOLUTIONS

SELECTIONS FROM ZELA’S

RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS REPORTS

Theexcerptsbelowshowacross-sectionofactualuserresults.The total savings generated by ZELA Research and Analysisreportingsystemisacomprehensivereportontheoverallbenefitsand savings thatwould otherwise requiremonths of expensiveresearch and time by your professional staff. All information isgatheredfromtheMVSCatalog,TMSCatalog,andRoboticControlDatasets.Datasetconflictsareresolvedviaanalysisofyourdatacenter’sSMFhistoricaldata.

ZELA RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS REPORT

ZELAcanbeinstalledandperformacomprehensiveanalysisofyourcurrentenvironmentinlessthan11/2hours,orifyouchoose,youmaymodelandsimulateconversionto36Trk,Magstar,oraVirtualTapeenvironmentpriortoyourhardwarearriving.

PRODUCT FEATURES AND BENEFIT SUMMARY

•SMFStatisticalAnalysis

•TapetoDASDDatasetMigration

•ConflictFreeIntelligentStacking

•AutomatedScratchPoolManagement

• ISPFOnlineDialogManagerInterface

• IndependentlyManageAutomatedandManuallibraries

• IdentifyandReclaimWastedMediaResources

•AutomatedMediaConversions

•DatasetsandVolumeSecurityProtection

•SynchronizesMVSCatalogs,TMSCatalog,

andRoboticControlDatasets

•ReduceManualInterventionandHumanError

•SeamlesslyIntegrateswithVirtualTape

•StorageArchivalInterfaces,HSM,DMS,

FDR,ASM2,DFDSS

•DynamicMediaRotation

•DualCopyforDisasterRecovery

•MaximizesUtilizationofCurrentResources

•CapitalizesonCurrentInvestments

•LocalandRemoteVaultManagement

•UpdateOriginalCreateJobInformation

•ComprehensiveReporting

• InstallsandAnalyzesyourcurrent

environmentinunder11/2hours

•Providesitsownbusinesscase

forcostjustificationofZELA

•Returnoninvestmentinunder90days

•Livetechnicalsupportavailable24x7

•Freetrialavailable

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