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

VSAM to Tape (option 4.2.6)

VSAM to Tape copies all or selected records from a VSAM data set to tape. Bypass label processing (BLP) is recommended for this option.

You can specify the number of records to skip from the beginning of the input data set, or the key or slot value to start processing. You can also specify the output record format and block size.

If you used Tape to VSAM to copy a multifile tape to a single VSAM ESDS (tape image file), you can use VSAM to Tape to copy the file back to tape. The resulting tape is an exact copy of the original tape. See Copying tape data across a network.

For further information, refer to the online help or VT (VSAM to Tape).