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The fair and future-oriented Solution for your Catalog Management

CIM - The product
Extracts of the functions
The most important reasons to choose CIM
New functions

 

CATALOG
INFORMATION
MANAGER


ONLINE-REPORTING - ANALYSE - RECOMMENDATIONS
DIAGNOSE - MAINTENANCE - BACKUP & RECOVERY

A MUST even according to the latest state-of-the-art development

New procedures like disc mirroring or the usage of almost failure less devices may minimize the physical failure possibilities but the potential danger of logical mistakes (created by software faults or third party products) still exists. Not to forget, the tremendous growth of your data entails an increased demand of management for the storage manager with no additional time available.

Automated instead of manual

Routine works take precious times are often troublesome and are therefore at the bottom of the to-do-list.
A number of practice-oriented functions support you in your catalog management during regularly reoccurring tasks such as renaming of disc, removing or joining of catalogs. CIM does all this for you in a simple, fast and secure manner.

 

Extracts of the functions:

 

Maintenance/Diagnose

from VVDS / VTOC

  • Deletion of non cataloged datasets
  • Redefinition of non cataloged datasets
  • Correction of catalog name in NVR/VVR
  • Replacement of catalog names in NVR/VVR via predefined names
  • Deletion of non-necessary catalog names in VVCR/VVCN of VVDS
  • Listing/validation of NVR/VVR entries in cell structure
  • Deletion of NVR/VVR entries without IDCAMS
  • IDCAMS diagnose for VVDS with all respective catalogs
  • View all VVR/NVR records of a volume online


 of catalogs

  • Surveillance of all catalogs and aliases online with all additional information
  • Browse/view/summary of catalogs online
  • Deletion of non existing disc data entries
  • Deletion of faulty cataloged datasets
  • Repro of wrong cataloged datasets
  • Validation of catalogs with the tape management system and vice versa
  • Validation of catalogs with storage management products and vice versa
  • Automatic reorganization of catalogs
  • Listing/validation of catalog entries in catalog cell structure
  • Deletion of catalog entries which are not deletable with IDCAMS
  • Deletion of "empty" Aliases
  • Validation of master catalogs (missing aliases are automatically defined)
  • Expanded IDCAMS examine for catalogs (without lock)
  • Improved Repro-MergeCat with IDCAMS
  • Advanced Fast-Repro-MergeCat without IDCAMS


 Backup / Recovery

  • BACKUP/RECOVERY of all catalogs in one step
  • FORWARD RECOVERY of one or more catalogs in parallel in one step
  • UPDATE catalog backup copy with SMF
  • RESTORE of catalogs also with new name
  • UPDATE active catalog with selected records from SMF
  • DUMP of catalogs with corrupted INDEX component
  • RESTORE of dumped catalogs
  • BACKUP/RECOVERY of VVDS
  • FORWARD RECOVERY of VVDS
  • UPDATE VVDS with selected records from SMF
  • DUMP and RESTORE of KSDS-datasets without INDEX usage
  • REBUILD KSDS without direct INDEX usage
  • BACKUP all ALIASES
  • RESTORE of all or selected ALIASES
  • DEFINE/DELETE of ALIASES

The most important reasons to decide for CIM:

CIM» was developed out of the day-to-day business
CIM» very simple installation and integration into your catalog concept
CIM» is programmed in state-of-the-art technologies
CIM» significant performance advantages vs. all other solutions
CIM» provides unique functions
CIM» optimizes not only IDCAMS but uses mainly the DFSMS or OS390 internal system facilities
CIM» is a tool for catalog maintenance and fast, secure and problem less backup and recovery
CIM» online reporting of all catalogs and catalog information
CIM» very user friendly through ISPF interface
CIM» is open for individual customer requirements and developments

 

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