On 5 Feb 2016 15:25:43 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >On 2/5/2016 11:15 AM, Skip Robinson wrote: >> One more point on standalone restore. IPLing from a tape volume basically >> assumes that the tape is non-labelled. That is, the first record read is >> expected to be a bootstrap record. If a tape has labels, the first load will >> fail, but the tape will be positioned at the next block. So IPL again (and >> maybe again) until the bootstrap record is read. > >Fifth time's the charm! Thanks, Skip!
Yup, VOL1, HDR1, HDR2, tape mark, IPL Text. At my shop, all FDR VOLUME dumps had standard labels and the IPL text for Standalone restore as the first file. A former boss insisted on it and it saves looking for the stand alone restore tape. Clark Morris ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
