Todd, Maybe find an old 3420 tape drive, doesn't have to be fancy. As long as you can read the tape and build a file to be transferred like via FTP, etc. Maybe even find one you can rent for a couple hours. I have done that before Many years ago. A disaster recovery vendor would be a good start, like Sungard....etc.
Scott Ford Senior Host Developer | Forging Enterprise Identity | IdentityForge.com (Main) 678.266.3399 x304 | (Cell) 609.346.0399 | (Fax) 678.266.3399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain priviledged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Burrell, C. Todd (CDC/OCOO/ITSO) (CTR) Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 4:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: 3420 old tapes I appreciate all of the replies. As I had figured, we're pretty much out of luck right now. We're going to try and figure out a way to get on a 3420 that can read 800 BPI, but we may still have an issue with OS releases, etc... We were trying to help out one of our customers, and this turned into a much bigger project that I ever thought it would be. No good deed ever goes unpunished... Thanks C. Todd Burrell Lead z/OS Systems Programmer ITSO (404) 723-2017 (Cell) -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Linda Mooney Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 4:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: 3420 old tapes We got rid of all of our 800 bpi tapes a long time ago- sometime around 1990 I think, because the new version of MVS we were installing at the time no longer supported 800 bpi. Since we had a major customer who required that support, we built a front-end read the tapes create a disk file job on VM. We ran that way for a year or so until our customer was able to upgrade to - 1600 bpi. I don't know if VM still supports 800 bpi or not. In any case, even if you have OS support, not all 3420 type tape drives can read all densities. We still have a few (at least we will have them a couple more months) 3420 type drives. Some are dual 1600/6250 bpi and some are 6250 only. What brand and model are your tape drives? How are they gened? Best of Luck, Linda Mooney -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Todd Burrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hello: > I have an oldie but a goodie. One of our user areas sent us 9 3420 > tapes today, and some of them appear to be 800 BPI. When I run tape > map against the tape I get the data in the attachment. > > I am trying to read these files on a 3420 tape drive, and when I put > the density (DEN=2) into my JCL I get a 413-24 abend. > I've tried various combinations and I cannot seem to get these old > tapes to read, and without density IEBGENER gets a RC=12 for conflicting DCB info. > I've also tried BLP and specifying the DCB parms directly, and still no luck. > > Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can possibly get this to > read on our tape drives, or is there a hardware setting on a 3420 that > will make this possible? > > I looked in the archives and did not find anything specific about > this, and this is a little before my time. > > Thanks > > Todd Burrell > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
