diff --git a/cta.spec.in b/cta.spec.in
index 0a0b2729d7a68aba633dc47f9bed6b83f9330392..14846ac09c506d9e533158d86c35b717652dec7b 100644
--- a/cta.spec.in
+++ b/cta.spec.in
@@ -362,14 +362,14 @@ castor (Cern Advanced STORage system)
  ASC tools for CASTOR tape developers
 %files -n cta-tape-developer-acs-tools
 %defattr(-,root,root)
-%attr(0755,root,root) /usr/bin/cta-tape-acs-queryvolume
-%attr(0755,root,root) /usr/bin/cta-tape-acs-dismount
-%attr(0755,root,root) /usr/bin/cta-tape-acs-mount
-%attr(0755,root,root) /usr/bin/cta-tape-acs-querydrive
-%attr(0644,root,root) %doc /usr/share/man/man1/cta-tape-acs-queryvolume.1cta.gz
-%attr(0644,root,root) %doc /usr/share/man/man1/cta-tape-acs-mount.1cta.gz
-%attr(0644,root,root) %doc /usr/share/man/man1/cta-tape-acs-dismount.1cta.gz
-%attr(0644,root,root) %doc /usr/share/man/man1/cta-tape-acs-querydrive.1cta.gz
+%attr(0755,root,root) /usr/bin/cta-acs-queryvolume
+%attr(0755,root,root) /usr/bin/cta-acs-dismount
+%attr(0755,root,root) /usr/bin/cta-acs-mount
+%attr(0755,root,root) /usr/bin/cta-acs-querydrive
+%attr(0644,root,root) %doc /usr/share/man/man1/cta-acs-queryvolume.1cta.gz
+%attr(0644,root,root) %doc /usr/share/man/man1/cta-acs-mount.1cta.gz
+%attr(0644,root,root) %doc /usr/share/man/man1/cta-acs-dismount.1cta.gz
+%attr(0644,root,root) %doc /usr/share/man/man1/cta-acs-querydrive.1cta.gz
 
 %package -n cta-common
 Summary: CERN Tape Archive common items
diff --git a/mediachanger/acs/AcsDismountCmdLine.cpp b/mediachanger/acs/AcsDismountCmdLine.cpp
index b18cca85a0707a645e1a61ef8b363902f6460aeb..64b641ccd81839534dec61f79c4eb2ddd8dd7d28 100644
--- a/mediachanger/acs/AcsDismountCmdLine.cpp
+++ b/mediachanger/acs/AcsDismountCmdLine.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ std::string cta::mediachanger::acs::AcsDismountCmdLine::getUsage() {
   usage <<
   "Usage:\n"
   "\n"
-  "  cta-tape-acs-dismount [options] VID DRIVE_SLOT\n"
+  "  cta-acs-dismount [options] VID DRIVE_SLOT\n"
   "\n"
   "Where:\n"
   "\n"
diff --git a/mediachanger/acs/AcsMountCmdLine.cpp b/mediachanger/acs/AcsMountCmdLine.cpp
index 09c7c900c7e531798097d2ca6865a7cb0ebfd389..19d6229971bc19486faaf90d6e79d2e5430edee5 100644
--- a/mediachanger/acs/AcsMountCmdLine.cpp
+++ b/mediachanger/acs/AcsMountCmdLine.cpp
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ std::string cta::mediachanger::acs::AcsMountCmdLine::getUsage() {
   usage <<
   "Usage:\n"
   "\n"
-  "  cta-tape-acs-mount [options] VID DRIVE_SLOT\n"
+  "  cta-acs-mount [options] VID DRIVE_SLOT\n"
   "\n"
   "Where:\n"
   "\n"
diff --git a/mediachanger/acs/AcsQueryDriveCmdLine.cpp b/mediachanger/acs/AcsQueryDriveCmdLine.cpp
index 14581edd8fa39cda923d00f56b9013745c8a37a5..aef7dc7982a350fa8c5072641b5cfd470cb59a53 100644
--- a/mediachanger/acs/AcsQueryDriveCmdLine.cpp
+++ b/mediachanger/acs/AcsQueryDriveCmdLine.cpp
@@ -171,6 +171,6 @@ void cta::mediachanger::acs::AcsQueryDriveCmdLine::processOption(const int opt)
 // getProgramName
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 std::string cta::mediachanger::acs::AcsQueryDriveCmdLine::getProgramName() {
-  return "cta-tape-acs-querydrive";
+  return "cta-acs-querydrive";
 }
 
diff --git a/mediachanger/acs/AcsQueryVolumeCmdLine.cpp b/mediachanger/acs/AcsQueryVolumeCmdLine.cpp
index 089c682358a036052da1ce076d65359f0c58d937..66e3a8b34957f0188e3cd5fbbdf92533692942ff 100644
--- a/mediachanger/acs/AcsQueryVolumeCmdLine.cpp
+++ b/mediachanger/acs/AcsQueryVolumeCmdLine.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ std::string cta::mediachanger::acs::AcsQueryVolumeCmdLine::getUsage() {
   std::ostringstream usage;
   usage <<
   "Usage:\n"
-  "  cta-tape-acs-queryvolume [options] VID\n"
+  "  cta-acs-queryvolume [options] VID\n"
   "\n"
   "Where:\n"
   "\n"
diff --git a/mediachanger/acs/CMakeLists.txt b/mediachanger/acs/CMakeLists.txt
index fd7114d4b84213db10dc2089d1543547b24dd7b7..12970c5a59e0f3af188cd80eea52eb0e7135299a 100644
--- a/mediachanger/acs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mediachanger/acs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ set_target_properties (cta-acs PROPERTIES
 ################################################################################
 # Rules to build and install castor-tape-acs-dismount
 ################################################################################
-message(STATUS "Adding cta-tape-acs-dismount target")
+message(STATUS "Adding cta-acs-dismount target")
 set (ACS_DISMOUNT_SRC_FILES
   Acs.cpp
   AcsCmd.cpp
@@ -55,18 +55,18 @@ set (ACS_DISMOUNT_SRC_FILES
   AcsDismountCmdMain.cpp
   CmdLineTool.cpp
   AcsDebugBuf.cpp)
-add_executable (cta-tape-acs-dismount ${ACS_DISMOUNT_SRC_FILES})
-set_target_properties (cta-tape-acs-dismount PROPERTIES
+add_executable (cta-acs-dismount ${ACS_DISMOUNT_SRC_FILES})
+set_target_properties (cta-acs-dismount PROPERTIES
   COMPILE_FLAGS -I/usr/include/CDK
   COMPILE_DEFINITIONS LINUX)
-target_link_libraries (cta-tape-acs-dismount
+target_link_libraries (cta-acs-dismount
   ctacommon
   ${STK_LIBRARIES})
-install (TARGETS cta-tape-acs-dismount DESTINATION /usr/bin)
-install (FILES cta-tape-acs-dismount.1cta DESTINATION /usr/share/man/man1)
+install (TARGETS cta-acs-dismount DESTINATION /usr/bin)
+install (FILES cta-acs-dismount.1cta DESTINATION /usr/share/man/man1)
 
 ################################################################################
-# Rules to build and install cta-tape-acs-mount
+# Rules to build and install cta-acs-mount
 ################################################################################
 set (ACS_MOUNT_SRC_FILES
   Acs.cpp
@@ -78,20 +78,20 @@ set (ACS_MOUNT_SRC_FILES
   AcsMountCmdMain.cpp
   CmdLineTool.cpp
   AcsDebugBuf.cpp)
-add_executable (cta-tape-acs-mount ${ACS_MOUNT_SRC_FILES})
-set_target_properties (cta-tape-acs-mount PROPERTIES
+add_executable (cta-acs-mount ${ACS_MOUNT_SRC_FILES})
+set_target_properties (cta-acs-mount PROPERTIES
   COMPILE_FLAGS -I/usr/include/CDK
   COMPILE_DEFINITIONS LINUX)
-target_link_libraries (cta-tape-acs-mount
+target_link_libraries (cta-acs-mount
 ctacommon
 ${STK_LIBRARIES})
-install (TARGETS cta-tape-acs-mount DESTINATION /usr/bin)
-install (FILES cta-tape-acs-mount.1cta DESTINATION /usr/share/man/man1)
+install (TARGETS cta-acs-mount DESTINATION /usr/bin)
+install (FILES cta-acs-mount.1cta DESTINATION /usr/share/man/man1)
 
 ################################################################################
-# Rules to build and install cta-tape-acs-queryvolume
+# Rules to build and install cta-acs-queryvolume
 ################################################################################
-message(STATUS "Adding cta-tape-acs-queryvolume target")
+message(STATUS "Adding cta-acs-queryvolume target")
 set (ACS_QUERYVOLUME_SRC_FILES
   Acs.cpp
   AcsCmd.cpp
@@ -103,21 +103,21 @@ set (ACS_QUERYVOLUME_SRC_FILES
   CmdLineTool.cpp
   AcsDebugBuf.cpp)
 
-add_executable (cta-tape-acs-queryvolume ${ACS_QUERYVOLUME_SRC_FILES})
-target_link_libraries (cta-tape-acs-queryvolume
+add_executable (cta-acs-queryvolume ${ACS_QUERYVOLUME_SRC_FILES})
+target_link_libraries (cta-acs-queryvolume
 ctacommon
 ${STK_LIBRARIES})
-set_target_properties (cta-tape-acs-queryvolume PROPERTIES
+set_target_properties (cta-acs-queryvolume PROPERTIES
   COMPILE_FLAGS -I/usr/include/CDK
   COMPILE_DEFINITIONS LINUX)
-install (TARGETS cta-tape-acs-queryvolume
+install (TARGETS cta-acs-queryvolume
   DESTINATION /usr/bin)
-install (FILES cta-tape-acs-queryvolume.1cta DESTINATION /usr/share/man/man1)
+install (FILES cta-acs-queryvolume.1cta DESTINATION /usr/share/man/man1)
 
 ################################################################################
-# Rules to build and install cta-tape-acs-querydrive
+# Rules to build and install cta-acs-querydrive
 ################################################################################
-message(STATUS "Adding cta-tape-acs-querydrive target")
+message(STATUS "Adding cta-acs-querydrive target")
 set (ACS_QUERYDRIVE_SRC_FILES
   Acs.cpp
   AcsCmd.cpp
@@ -129,13 +129,13 @@ set (ACS_QUERYDRIVE_SRC_FILES
   CmdLineTool.cpp
   AcsDebugBuf.cpp)
 
-add_executable (cta-tape-acs-querydrive ${ACS_QUERYDRIVE_SRC_FILES})
-target_link_libraries (cta-tape-acs-querydrive
+add_executable (cta-acs-querydrive ${ACS_QUERYDRIVE_SRC_FILES})
+target_link_libraries (cta-acs-querydrive
 ctacommon
 ${STK_LIBRARIES})
-set_target_properties (cta-tape-acs-querydrive PROPERTIES
+set_target_properties (cta-acs-querydrive PROPERTIES
   COMPILE_FLAGS -I/usr/include/CDK
   COMPILE_DEFINITIONS LINUX)
-install (TARGETS cta-tape-acs-querydrive
+install (TARGETS cta-acs-querydrive
   DESTINATION /usr/bin)
-install (FILES cta-tape-acs-querydrive.1cta DESTINATION /usr/share/man/man1)
+install (FILES cta-acs-querydrive.1cta DESTINATION /usr/share/man/man1)
diff --git a/mediachanger/acs/cta-tape-acs-dismount.1cta b/mediachanger/acs/cta-acs-dismount.1cta
similarity index 88%
rename from mediachanger/acs/cta-tape-acs-dismount.1cta
rename to mediachanger/acs/cta-acs-dismount.1cta
index 76e568a9fc24c9d1b69a0844282e1d8e44d4a536..39cc0c6fd242e3beded80f8f676b37110fabbbaf 100644
--- a/mediachanger/acs/cta-tape-acs-dismount.1cta
+++ b/mediachanger/acs/cta-acs-dismount.1cta
@@ -16,16 +16,16 @@
 
 .TH CASTOR-TAPE-ACS-DISMOUNT "1cta" "$Date: 2013/10/09 14:00:00 $" CASTOR "CASTOR"
 .SH NAME
-cta-tape-acs-dismount \- dismount a volume
+cta-acs-dismount \- dismount a volume
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.BI "cta-tape-acs-dismount [options] VID DRIVE_SLOT"
+.BI "cta-acs-dismount [options] VID DRIVE_SLOT"
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-\fBWarning\fP, \fBcta-tape-acs-dismount\fP is a developer tool and is
+\fBWarning\fP, \fBcta-acs-dismount\fP is a developer tool and is
 therefore subject to change in and even removal from a future release of CASTOR.
 End users should not rely on this tool to operate their CASTOR installation.
 
-\fBcta-tape-acs-dismount\fP dismounts the volume with the specfied \fBVID\fP
+\fBcta-acs-dismount\fP dismounts the volume with the specfied \fBVID\fP
 from the drive located in the specified \fBDRIVE_SLOT\fP of the tape library.
 The format of \fBDRIVE_SLOT\fP is as follows:
 
diff --git a/mediachanger/acs/cta-tape-acs-mount.1cta b/mediachanger/acs/cta-acs-mount.1cta
similarity index 89%
rename from mediachanger/acs/cta-tape-acs-mount.1cta
rename to mediachanger/acs/cta-acs-mount.1cta
index a64dff0389c8a8fc76e24c8e5886371bdc1a00fa..1adc058396985a8db481bc7bfa0ad7ed3bbe394f 100644
--- a/mediachanger/acs/cta-tape-acs-mount.1cta
+++ b/mediachanger/acs/cta-acs-mount.1cta
@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@
 
 .TH CTA-TAPE-ACS-MOUNT "1cta" "$Date: 2013/10/09 14:00:00 $" CTA "CTA"
 .SH NAME
-cta-tape-acs-mount \- mount a volume
+cta-acs-mount \- mount a volume
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.BI "cta-tape-acs-mount [options] VID DRIVE_SLOT"
+.BI "cta-acs-mount [options] VID DRIVE_SLOT"
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-\fBWarning\fP, \fBcta-tape-acs-mount\fP is a developer tool and is therefore
+\fBWarning\fP, \fBcta-acs-mount\fP is a developer tool and is therefore
 subject to change in and even removal from a future release of CTA.
 End users should not rely on this tool to operate their CTA installation.
 
-\fBcta-tape-acs-mount\fP mounts the volume with the specfied \fBVID\fP into
+\fBcta-acs-mount\fP mounts the volume with the specfied \fBVID\fP into
 the drive located in the specified \fBDRIVE_SLOT\fP of the tape library.
 The format of \fBDRIVE_SLOT\fP is as follows:
 
diff --git a/mediachanger/acs/cta-tape-acs-querydrive.1cta b/mediachanger/acs/cta-acs-querydrive.1cta
similarity index 88%
rename from mediachanger/acs/cta-tape-acs-querydrive.1cta
rename to mediachanger/acs/cta-acs-querydrive.1cta
index dade6364b12c335cc8457181f831a2f2e106460b..f6359650d22d1e425d3a24cca4386db616ccb06b 100644
--- a/mediachanger/acs/cta-tape-acs-querydrive.1cta
+++ b/mediachanger/acs/cta-acs-querydrive.1cta
@@ -16,16 +16,16 @@
 
 .TH CTA-TAPE-ACS-QUERYDRIVE "1cta" "$Date: 2013/10/09 14:00:00 $" CTA "CTA"
 .SH NAME
-cta-tape-acs-querydrive \- queries a drive
+cta-acs-querydrive \- queries a drive
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.BI "cta-tape-acs-querydrive [options] DRIVE_SLOT"
+.BI "cta-acs-querydrive [options] DRIVE_SLOT"
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-\fBWarning\fP, \fBcta-tape-acs-querydrive\fP is a developer tool and is
+\fBWarning\fP, \fBcta-acs-querydrive\fP is a developer tool and is
 therefore subject to change and even removal from a future release of CTA.
 End users should not rely on this tool to operate their CTA installation.
 
-\fBcta-tape-acs-querydrive\fP quieries ACS for information about the drive
+\fBcta-acs-querydrive\fP quieries ACS for information about the drive
 located in the specified \fBDRIVE_SLOT\fP.  The format of \fBDRIVE_SLOT\fP
 is as follows:
 
diff --git a/mediachanger/acs/cta-tape-acs-queryvolume.1cta b/mediachanger/acs/cta-acs-queryvolume.1cta
similarity index 95%
rename from mediachanger/acs/cta-tape-acs-queryvolume.1cta
rename to mediachanger/acs/cta-acs-queryvolume.1cta
index fa0a3705bb61821c4ec0d40f6bb174f4d8333146..e4c2a0c35f94a7b6dd1e8d0fd2ce3cab2f1fc304 100644
--- a/mediachanger/acs/cta-tape-acs-queryvolume.1cta
+++ b/mediachanger/acs/cta-acs-queryvolume.1cta
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 
 .TH CTA-TAPE-ACS-QUERYVOLUME "1cta" "$Date: 2013/10/09 14:00:00 $" CTA "CTA"
 .SH NAME
-cta-tape-acs-queryvolume \- queries a volume
+cta-acs-queryvolume \- queries a volume
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.BI "cta-tape-acs-queryvolume [options] VID"
+.BI "cta-acs-queryvolume [options] VID"
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 \fBWarning\fP, \fBcastor-tape-acs-queryvolume\fP is a developer tool and is