Bruce Black has given an excellent explanation (as usually does) of the
facts about DFDSS and FDR backup tapes, you could also add HSM and a few
others(block size in the label is not what written on the tape).
Thanks! HSM uses DSS for most backups, which explains the tape label
discrepancy. In those few cases where HSM does its own backup, I
believe that the label blocksize will match the physical blocksize
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