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CA 1 Tape Management pros and cons

Vendor: Broadcom
4.8 out of 5
 

CA 1 Tape Management Pros review quotes

it_user354057 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mainframe Storage Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 16, 2015
CA 1 is our intake management system, and it's just one of the best products out there.
it_user2991 - PeerSpot reviewer
z/OS system Programmer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Jul 17, 2016
The Vault Management function keeps track of where a tape should be and tells the operators which tapes should be sent offsite, and which ones should return.
it_user814485 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mainframe Systems Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 6, 2018
It has become easy to backup and archive all our system data and financial data. It helps us mainly in managing the backup of our databases, and it is easy to retrieve that data and find it in a secure place.
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RB
Systems Administrator at SunTrust Banks, Inc.
Feb 14, 2018
package that manages all of your tapes. Create/write/catalog, retention, delete. There are queries and reports, which are needed to know when/where/length keeping, etc., in order to track them or find out current status.
Beyza Aksöz - PeerSpot reviewer
Mainframe System Programmer at Türkiye İş Bankası
Jun 16, 2023
The solution is stable.
 

CA 1 Tape Management Cons review quotes

it_user354057 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mainframe Storage Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 16, 2015
Sometimes it does not detect all chaining errors and the reporting on them could be improved as well.
it_user2991 - PeerSpot reviewer
z/OS system Programmer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Jul 17, 2016
Installation and customization could be improved.
it_user814485 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mainframe Systems Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 6, 2018
When we want to interface the CA 1 product with other vendors, IBM or others, it is difficult to interface it with them, because you need some exits, you need to compile some assemblers.
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RB
Systems Administrator at SunTrust Banks, Inc.
Feb 14, 2018
The product itself is fairly complex so the install is as well.
Beyza Aksöz - PeerSpot reviewer
Mainframe System Programmer at Türkiye İş Bankası
Jun 16, 2023
The solution's cost needs improvement.