Draft Document for Review February 7, 2020 3:15 pm 8464ch11_Monitoring.fm 11.5.1 IBM Tape Tools overview All the TS7700 monitoring and evaluating tools that are described in section are available at  this FTP site. The content of the  Readme.txt  file that provides basic information about the tape tools is listed  in Example 11-8. IMPORTANT IMPORTANT Program enhancements will be made to handle data format changes when they occur. If you try to run new data with old program versions, results will be unpredictable. To  avoid this situation, you need to be informed of these enhancements so you can stay current. To be informed of major changes to any of the tools distributed via this ftp site,  send an email message to:  TAPETOOL@US.IBM.COM In the subject, specify NOTIFY. Nothing else is required in the body of the note. This will add you to our change distribution list. The UPDATES.TXT file will contain a chronological history of all changes made to  the tools. You should review that file on a regular basis, at least monthly, perhaps weekly,  so you can see if any changes apply to you. Look in file, OVERVIEW.pdf, for an overview of all currently available tools. The JCL, CNTL, and LOAD libraries for all the tools are stored in the files  ibmjcl.xmi, ibmcntl.xmi and ibmload.xmi. IBMTOOLS.TXT explains the complete installation procedure. Most tools have their own xxxxxx.txt file with more detail. There are no formal  documentation manuals. The intent is to have enough JCL comment to allow the user to run the  jobs without difficulty and to have adequate column headings and footnotes to make report  output obvious without needing additional documentation. If you feel that the JCL or report output needs more explaination, please send an  email to the address above indicating the area needing  attention. Chapter 11. Monitoring  661 Example 11-8 Readme.txt from the IBM Tape Tools website