Some questions: What VTS are you using? I can answer for the IBM TS7700. How did you manage to mount the tape? SMS disallows a specific mount for a scratch tape. Was the scratch tape in a fast-ready-category? This means that a new, empty tape will be presented when the volume is requested, to avoid a useless recall from the backend.
Kees. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Dawes Sent: 25 April, 2016 16:32 To: [email protected] Subject: VIRTUAL TAPE PECULIARITY 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 ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
