> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark H. Young > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 8:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Virtual Tape ??? > > > Hiya fellow list servers. I've got a STUMPER for the > resident braintrust. > > Is there something I don't understand about Virtual Tape that > I should, > or am I just missing it and very DENSE?! > > A Virtual Tape should (does?) conform to the normal > file-format standards as > would a *REAL* physical tape, yes? And also regarding tape > labels, DCB, etc.?
Yes. > > So if I had several DFDSS dumps on Virtual Tape (3490) and > was copying each > of them off to just *ONE* real tape (3590), and stacking each > as its own > LABEL=(#,SL) etc., using IEBGENER, it should work, YES?! No. IEBGENER cannot successfully copy ADRDSSU produced tapes. Use the COPYDUMP function of ADRDSSU instead of IEBGENER. The tapes produced by ADRDSSU are "weird" and cannot be properly copied by IEBGENER or ICEGENER. > <snip> > > THANX, > .....mhyI -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
