W dniu 04.06.2021 o 19:48, Paul Gilmartin pisze:
On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 17:30:38 +0000, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:
Assuming the PC-attached SCSI tape drive comes with software to copy data from
the tape to a disk file without any translation you just have to copy the files
off the actual tape in binary and then FTP in binary up to your favorite
mainframe location. FTP is not binary by default but it is very easy to do
binary transfers (Letter I [eye] command then just PUT pr MPUT).
Block boundaries? Sometimes they matter, and RDWs and BDWs. Especially for
RCFM=vBS
such as IEBCOPY PDSU. And LRECL=X.
AWSTAPE?
Your brevity is excellent, but it doesn't explain what and how to do.
I just checked CBTtape - there are MVS (z/OS) tools - unapplicable for PC.
There is also Windows tool - AWS browser. Also unapplicable.
There is another requirement here: to read REAL tape using PC tools.
How to read?
a) dataset by dataset
b) whole tape => AWS tape image
I believe there are tools to read tape and understand blocks and
tapemarks, and maybe SL labels.
Less chance for AWS utility, especially there is such tool working under
z/OS.
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Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
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