HSMS can be used to transfer files, job variables and catalog entries (of files on private volumes) to other BS2000 systems or other user IDs. To do this, the data is written to magnetic tape cartridges, private disk, public disk, or Net-Storage (exported) and then loaded (imported) at the transfer destination, i.e. the desired system or desired user ID.The generated magnetic tape cartridges are ARCHIVE-compatible, which means that either HSMS or ARCHIVE must be installed on the other system. It is also possible to import magnetic tape cartridges written with the ARCHIVE EXPORT function. Moreover, data can be written to the volume or imported without a catalog ID.
Directories which are compatible with ARCHIVE directories can be used for data transfer. The directories can be written to the volume after the exported data.