On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 11:58:22 -0700, David Logan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Yes, I'm writing to 3490E cartridges, afaik. I didn't know that they were
being discontinued. I'm going to have to find documentation on that.
Hi David,
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On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 11:58:22 -0700, David Logan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Yes, I'm writing to 3490E
On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 08:33:14 -0700, David Logan
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... Please use 3490E Royal Guard product for all future 3490E requirements.
...
Doesn't this mean that they are only discontinuing a particular type of
3490E? The way I read this, they are not discontinuing making this type
,
manual and error prone.
David Logan
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On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 07:09:04 -0700, David Logan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I'll start hunting down the block ID value in the 3490 commands today. I
think I'm going to have to issue my own EXCPs though.
Hi David,
The Read Block ID command (x'22') is documented in IBM 3490E Hardware
Reference,
On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 11:58:22 -0700, David Logan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, I'm writing to 3490E cartridges, afaik. I didn't know that they were
being discontinued. I'm going to have to find documentation on that.
The requirements are easy. We ship tapes to a hardware duplication service.
That
I believe (I can be wrong here), that DFSMShsm do it in the following
way: it writes data until end of volume, then it moves back a number
of blocks. The number is counted as percentage of the tape.
You can followe this way or simply use ABARS.
BTW: Do you really need to create the TAPES ?
Thanks Mark! I will look at this as a possible solution.
David Logan
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David,
For the older 3480/3490 with IDRC, it is much harder. With 3490/E, it is
much easier to determine by looking at the block-id. The logical block-ID
increases as the physical blocks of data are written out; and then decreases
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If I was to a tape, is there a way to programmatically know when I am
nearing, or have hit, the end of the guaranteed tape length? I
forget if
it's 3480 or 3490E tape that guarantees 1100 feet, but if I were
writing to
a
If I was to a tape, is there a way to programmatically know when I am
nearing, or have hit, the end of the guaranteed tape length? I forget if
it's 3480 or 3490E tape that guarantees 1100 feet, but if I were writing to
a tape, is there a way to find out that I was still under this value?
Our
: How to find current tape length programatically
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If I was to a tape, is there a way to programmatically know when I am
nearing, or have hit, the end of the guaranteed tape length? I
forget if
it's 3480 or 3490E tape
I hate it when I forget words and my brain fills them in. If I was WRITING
to a tape...
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Subject: How to find current tape length programatically
If I was to a tape, is there a way to programmatically know when I am
nearing, or have hit, the end of the guaranteed tape length? I forget if
it's 3480 or 3490E tape that guarantees 1100 feet, but if I were writing
Someone wrote:
I have an obvious question on the 3490E though.
You say there is a set of tracks going AND coming.
Since actual tape length isn't a specification,
just a minimum is, how would a hardware duplication
device handle a 3490E?
In theory it wouldn't be able to, would it?
If one
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