IIRC you can use an SL tape, just have to hit load 2 (or is it 3) times to get to the IPLable file.
Or you should be able to load the SA Restore to DASD and IPL from that. CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel) | [email protected] This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, "CIT"), and are intended solely for the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, any use, disclosure, printing, copying or distribution, or reliance on the contents, of this communication is strictly prohibited. CIT disclaims any liability for the review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or the taking of any action in reliance upon, this communication by persons other than the intended recipient(s). If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender advising of the error in transmission, and immediately delete and destroy the communication and any accompanying materials. To the extent permitted by applicable law, CIT and others may inspect, review, monitor, analyze, copy, record and retain any communications sent from or received at this email address. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roger Craig Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 1:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [IBM-MAIN] NL Virtual Tape We're trying to build a stand-alone restore tape on a virtual tape. Does anyone know if it is possible to have a NL virtual tape in a TS7700 and if so, how do you initialize it to NL? Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
