DITTO

IBM® Data Interfile Transfer, Testing and Operations Utility for ESA (DITTO) is a versatile data utility.

Work with data from a wide range of storage media and formats on IBM S/390® platforms.

Access, display, edit, migrate and maintain data in files and data sets.
Work with the all kinds of data, such as physical tape and disk records, punched cards, sequential data, VSAM data, DDR backup tape of CMS minidisks, library members under VSE, REXX™ stem variables, print output and user storage.
Store data files and data sets on any System/390® storage device supported in the MVS™/ESA, OS/390®, z/OS®, VSE/ESA™ or VM/ESA® environments.
Use DITTO functions interactively in batch jobs or in REXX procedures.

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Key features include:

Full-screen browse functions for finding data and looking at data without changing it
Functions for changing and updating data, creating new data and renaming existing entities
Functions for copying data
Functions for printing data
Functions for erasing data
Functions for working with lists of data sets, members or objects
Functions for positioning tapes, comparing two tapes, initializing tapes and erasing tapes
Functions for querying or changing your processing environment

IBM® Data Interfile Transfer, Testing and Operations Utility for ESA (DITTO) provides numerous technology and business benefits:

Flexibility to run different modes: full screen, line, command and batch
Wide range of help options so that you can choose the type that works best for you
Comprehensive messaging that helps you with error-handling
Basic compatibility with earlier versions of DITTO
Tape Encryption support for 3592-E05 Encryption capable devices, for DITTO/ESA for VSE in interactive mode

DITTO runs in the following environments (or higher):

Operating System	Software	Hardware
MVS/ESA, OS/390, z/OS	Multiple Virtual Storage/Enterprise Systems Architecture (MVS/ESA) SP, Version 4 Release 3 or higher	zSeries® servers
VM/ESA	Virtual Machine/Enterprise Systems Architecture, Release 2.1	There are no special hardware requirements for DITTO for VM
VSE/ESA	Virtual Storage Extended/Enterprise Systems Architecture (VSE/ESA), Version 2	There are no special hardware requirements for DITTO for VSE