Tape mount management
SMS provides a means for implementing tape mount management, a methodology for improving tape usage and reducing tape costs.
NaviQuest
The DFSMSdfp NaviQuest component enables you to perform SMS migration functions and many routine storage management tasks, including testing and reporting, in batch.
Infrastructure benefits
Distributed data access
Distributed data access allows all authorized systems and users in a network to exploit the powerful features of system-managed storage, or automated storage management provided by DFSMS.
Object management on multiple media types OAM (Object Access Method) is the DFSMSdfp component that manages objects (sometimes referred to as images) for z/OS.
Tape library management OAM uses the concepts of system-managed storage to manage, maintain, and verify tape volumes, and IBM tape libraries within a tape storage environment.
