Barry, >From your comments, I guess you didn't see anything at the customer site on Innovation's FDRERASE for z/OS :-)
Stephen Mednick Computer Supervisory Services Sydney, Australia > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schwarz, Barry A > Sent: Wednesday, 16 July 2008 6:57 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Clearing out DASD > > While I wouldn't bet the mortgage, I really doubt that any > MVS software can access a physical sector that is no longer > part of an MVS volume, except perhaps by invoking special > hardware features provided by the manufacturer. I looked at > FDR documentation at a customers site a few years ago and > don't recall seeing anything that appeared to deal with this > situation. > > I know of at least three players in the DASD marketplace and > most seem to keep information details of the special features > under wraps. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
