That's what I figured the answer would be. So then my question becomes this (if there are any FDR users out there)...I am using FDRABR to backup approx. 197 volumes to a single T10K tape. With our old JCL it was using a proc for each individual volume. I have modified it to use the FDRABR.LASTTAPE.WEEKLY DD for the tape, so FDR internally handles the labeling. We append 5 extra datasets to the end of this tape, some using FDR and some as an IEBCOPY. I want to be able to continue to do this, without the need to necessarily know how many files I already have. I could count the files and just use N+1 for the sequencing at the end of the tape, but I was trying to figure out if there was a more robust way that would not require me manually making the change each time I add/remove a volume from my backup. Any suggestions?
Thanks; Nathan Pfister Senior Systems Programmer WSSC Water [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nims,Alva John (Al) Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 3:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Tape Label Question Nathan, Are you Reading (the answer is YES) or Writing (the answer is NO). The answer probably is somewhere in "z/OS DFSMS: Using Magnetic Tapes" Al Nims Systems Admin/Programmer 3 Information Technology University of Florida (352) 273-1298 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pfister, Nathan Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 2:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Tape Label Question I have a question about tape labels. On my DD for a tape, when I code the Label, I understand that the one parameter is the location/sequence on the tape...my question is do these have to be sequential? I.e. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Can I instead use 1, 2, 3, 4, 20 and still have it be recognized? Also, if there is an answer to this available in the manual could someone kindly point me to the right section of the right manual? Thanks; Nathan Pfister Senior Systems Programmer WSSC Water [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
