Tom wrote: >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.
They DID! Safe Software, Inc has (had??) a product to do just that: SafeDR Their home page: http://www.safesoftware.com/ The SafeDR product page: http://www.safesoftware.com/SafeDR.htm Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. Thomas Kern <[email protected]> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <[email protected]> 03/09/2010 11:27 AM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Re: Question aboout DDR Backup Question You can force DDR to write/read files 2-n preserving a pseudo-standard label. 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 SVM 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 means >you must position beyond it before starting DDR). >You'd need a DDR with tape label support, IIRC, there was a post here some >time ago with the DDR modifs required to do so. > The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. All messages sent to and from this e-mail address may be monitored as permitted by applicable law and regulations to ensure compliance with our internal policies and to protect our business. E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by e-mail.
