Working with File Manager
- File Manager overview
- Getting started with File Manager
- Viewing and changing data sets
  To view data stored in a supported data set, use the View Utility or the Edit Utility.
- Creating and editing templates
  For many tasks performed with File Manager, you can manipulate your view of a data set by applying a template.
- Working with the Template List
  Display a list of templates and perform actions on them.
- Filtering records with templates
- Managing data sets
- Using File Manager utilities
- Tape Specific Functions
  - Specifying tape input or output
  - Specifying the number of tape files to process
  - Processing tapes with data-check errors
  - ASCII translation
  - Exported Stacked Volumes (ESVs)
  - Using primary commands with Tape Specific Functions
  - Tape Browse (option 4.1)
  - Tape Data Copy Function (option 4.2)
    - Tape to Tape (option 4.2.1)
    - Tape to Tape Reblocked (option 4.2.2)
    - Tape to Labeled Tape (option 4.2.3)
    - Tape to VSAM (option 4.2.4)
      Tape to VSAM (option 4.2.4) copies all or selected tape records to a VSAM data set. Use VSAM to Tape (option 4.2.6) to restore the file to tape.
    - Tape to Sequential Data (option 4.2.5)
    - VSAM to Tape (option 4.2.6)
    - Sequential Data to Tape (option 4.2.7)
    - Exported Stacked Volume Copy (option 4.2.8)
    - Copying tape data across a network
  - Tape Update (option 4.3)
  - Tape Record Load (option 4.4)
  - Tape Print (option 4.5)
  - Tape Map (option 4.6)
  - Create Tape Data (option 4.7)
    Use Create Tape Data to write simple test records to a tape file. You specify the tape that is to contain the records, the number of records, and the record length.
  - Tape Label Display (option 4.8)
  - Tape to Tape Compare (option 4.9)
  - Tape Record Scan (option 4.10)
  - Write Tape Mark (option 4.11)
  - Initialize Tape (option 4.12)
  - Erase Tape (option 4.13)
  - Exported Stacked Volume List (option 4.14)
  - Tape Positioning Functions (option 4.15)
- Disk/VSAM Data Functions
- OAM Functions
- Using UNIX™ System Services and the Hierarchical File System
- Introduction to programming with File Manager functions
- Enhancing File Manager processing
  You can enhance normal processing of a number of File Manager tasks by supplying a procedure that runs in conjunction with the File Manager process.
- Redefines criteria
  Redefines criteria can be specified for a field with a REDEFINES clause, or a field that is the target of a REDEFINES clause.
- Enhanced ISPF: Reference List, Search, Change, and PDSE Workbench
  File Manager provides several enhancements to the basic facilities that are available in an ISPF session: Enhanced Reference List, Enhanced Search, Enhanced Change, and PDSE Workbench.
- File Manager Service Provider for z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition
  File Manager Service Provider for IBM® z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition enables client applications to access IBM Z data sources using z/OS Connect.
- Function and panel reference lists

Copying tape data across a network

To send the contents of a tape across a network:

Use Tape to VSAM (option 4.2.4) or Tape to Sequential Data (option 4.2.5) to copy all the files on the tape, including tape marks, to a VSAM entry-sequenced data set or a sequential data set. See Specifying the number of tape files to process.
Each tape mark is converted to an 80-character record that has the format:
```
FILEMTMFILEMTMFILEMTMFILEMTMFILEMTMFILEMTMFILEMTMFILEMTMFILEMTMFILEMTMFILEMTMFIL
```
Transfer the file or data set across the network, using a file transfer program, such as the IBM® File Transfer Program.
At the other end, use the VSAM to Tape (option 4.2.6) or Sequential Data to Tape (option 4.2.7) to copy the data set to a tape. File Manager converts the tape-mark records back to tape marks on the output tape.