Sloan Limited Partners Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions

Service Based on Proven Product Tool Sets

OUR APPROACH at Sloan Limited Partners

Automated Tape Data Classification:

Software installation and customization
Data collection (SMF, TMC, CA-7, etc)
Data reduction, repository creation
Data classification reporting
Tape data by type
Usage profiles
Identify “copy requirements” other than forward feeds (e.g. Critical report archives,
only version HSM copies, etc)
Identify tapes to relocate (other than critical file copies)
Identify tapes that may not have to move

Automated Identification of Critical Forward Feeds:

Initial process to identify “baseline” datasets classified as forward feeds
Existing tapes that are available for copy now based on usage profile
Projections of tapes copies per week (backwards from relocation weekend)
Ongoing process to identify “new” forward feeds and integrate into baseline table of
critical forward feeds
Ongoing process to identify tapes that are “available to copy”
Projection of lift and load weekend copy requirements based on “forecast of
production batch schedule”
Relocation weekend ejects, copies and packing audit

Process Time Estimates:

1-2 weeks

4-5 weeks

4 weeks prior (dependent on how many and types of copies)

Weekend