There are settings on the VTAPE server which will delete the contents under certain circumstances. On our EMC we set so many hours or days have elapsed or a percent free threshold has been reached.
On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 9:31 AM, John Dawes <[email protected]> wrote: > G'Day, > > I am trying to read a virtual tape that went into scratch status. The > tape has not been reused since it went scratch. The job abends with a > IEC145I 413-08. I had the tape analyzed and it shows the following: > > UNIT DEVICE SERIAL MFR CARTRIDGE > 667D VIRTUAL A15886 IBM 800 MB > FATAR DETAIL REPORT > LOCK LNGTH/ MESSAGE/ 1...5...10...15...20...25...30...35...4 > UMBER DISPL BLOCK TYPE (COLUMN GRID IS VALID ONLY FO > > * * * * * * * START FILE 1H > 1 80 INPUT LABEL VOL1A15886 > ***VOLUME LABEL*** VOLSER=A15886 OWNER= > 2 80 INPUT LABEL HDR100000000000000000000000000000000000 > ***HEADER LABEL*** DSNAME=00000000000000000 SERIAL=00 > CRTDT=000000 EXPDT=000000 SECURITY > * * * * * * * END OF FILE 1H -- FILE CONTAINED 2 BLOCKS > * * * * * * * START FILE 1 > TS096 **END OF DATA MARK ENCOUNTERED. BLOCK ID=00000003 > > It seems that the tape is empty. My question is if the tape goes scratch the > data cannot be recovered even though it has not been overwritten? > > I have no problems with physical tapes which have gone scratch and not reused. > > I would appreciate your thoughts. > > Thanks. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
