You can force DDR to write/read files 2-n preserving a pseudo-standard la bel. Yeah, I know it isn't the true MVS standard label, but it can still have the volser in it. And I try to rewrite the label to include the name of the S VM that is using the tape (MAINT, SFSADMIN, DRS00001-DRS00020, VMBAR, etc).
It would indeed be nice if IBM or some other vendor would provide a DDR program with full tape label support, but my head got too bloody from beating on that wall 25 years ago. /Tom Kern On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:21:04 +0100, Kris Buelens <[email protected]> wrote: >These solutions won't help with DDR. DDR wil anyhow overwrite the label -if >any- on all but the first tapes (keeping the label of the first tape mea ns >you must position beyond it before starting DDR). >You'd need a DDR with tape label support, IIRC, there was a post here so me >time ago with the DDR modifs required to do so. >
