Storage Management

BIM-EPICTape & Disk Manager

BIM-EPIC is a powerful automated tape- and disk-management system that dramatically improves the performance of z/VSE data centers. BIM-EPIC provides reliable data security and a user-friendly online catalog management facility.

• The only tape and disk management system written specifically for the z/VSE environment
• Exploits new operating environment releases as they become available, and provides state-of-the-art storage management features and functions, such as its online catalog management facility
• By automating resource allocation, BIM-EPIC improves tape and DASD utilization without additional overhead
• Helps you manage storage media effectively and take full advantage of z/VSE
• Allows rerouting of temporary datasets to virtual disk, which saves time and reduces I/O
• Offers a batch utility that lets you create a dataset, automatically catalog it and modify the catalog
• Controls the allocation of tape drives and DASD so they are not assigned to a job until actually needed, leaving drives free for other partitions and CPUs
• The Online BIM-EPIC Catalog Management System offers a comprehensive help system at both the function and field levels and allows users to
  • Display and manage the BIM-EPIC catalog
  • Define BIM-EPIC dataset definitions
  • Maintain the BIM-EPIC system configuration
  • Maintain BIM-EPIC online user profiles
  • Display BIM-EPIC catalog statistic
• Manages, secures, and reports on all aspects of a system’s storage resources—auditing features include
  • Dataset status and usage reports
  • Basic job accounting
  • Activity logging by programs and partition
  • Tape exception reports
• Optional security features include
  • Dataset lock, unlock, and release
  • Password security protection
  • Data encryption
  • Emergency recovery
• Provides seamless support for these automatic tape library products:
  • BSI OPTI-TAPE
  • BUSTECH MAS
  • Fundamental Software FakeTape™
  • IBM 3494
  • LCDD
  • TLS
  • VTS
  • STK Silo
  • Sutmyn (formerly Memorex) ATL

New in BIM-EPIC 7.2B

Conversion Info:

• BIM-EPIC Replaces:
  • Dynam/D Disk Management for VSE
  • Dynam/FI File Independence
  • Dynam/T Tape Management for VSE
  • CA-EPIC
  • SYSTEM MANAGER

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

BIM-EPIC supports all VSE/ESA releases from 1.4 through z/VSE.

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