Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes

2011-05-17 Thread Rick Fochtman
Fred Schmidt wrote: On Thu, 12 May 2011 14:21:15 -0500, Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net wrote: ---snip--- Does the name TAPE appear in your device name table? You also need a DD statement that refers to each tape volume;

Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes

2011-05-17 Thread Fred Schmidt
On Tue, 17 May 2011 19:26:20 -0500, Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net wrote: ---snip Try this: COPY DSNAME=a.b.c,FROM=TQAPE=(101178,file#),TO=TAPE=(200198,file#), x FROMDD=INDD1,TODD=OUTDD1 Yes, but if I have to

Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes

2011-05-17 Thread Fred Schmidt
On May 17, 11:13pm, Eric Jackson wrote... IEHMOVE has been functionally stable for a generation. A human generation. As described in Utilities, it doesn't copy from tape to tape, and it doesn't handle blocks greater than 32,760. That just about kills the IEHMOVE maggot option, then. I did see

Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes

2011-05-17 Thread Fred Schmidt
Just FYI for those following this thread, I have been talking off-list with Sams Golob and Bass, who are kindly looking at adapting their various tape copying utilities to handle 256K blocksizes. Fred. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes

2011-05-17 Thread Ed Gould
. Then I think you need the original listing to get it back. God I hated IEHMOVE. Ed From: Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Tue, May 17, 2011 7:26:20 PM Subject: Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes Fred Schmidt wrote: On Thu, 12

Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes

2011-05-16 Thread Fred Schmidt
On Thu, 12 May 2011 19:34:57 +, Linda Mooney linda.lst...@comcast.net wrote: Hi Fred, Do you have OSDITTO? Hi Linda. No. We don't have DITTO either. Cheers, Fred -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes

2011-05-16 Thread Fred Schmidt
On Thu, 12 May 2011 14:21:15 -0500, Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net wrote: ---snip--- Does the name TAPE appear in your device name table? You also need a DD statement that refers to each tape volume; IEHMOVE will modify it and use

Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes

2011-05-13 Thread Ed Gould
From: Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Thu, May 12, 2011 2:21:15 PM Subject: Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes -SNIP --unsnip-- Does the name TAPE

Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes

2011-05-13 Thread Rick Fochtman
-snip--- Rick: When I first saw your suggestion I almost lost my lunch:(: I guess you are serious.. I would never in 1000 years suggest IEHMOVE to anyone (even an enemy). My use of it dropped to zero back in the 1980's. It

Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes

2011-05-13 Thread Ed Gould
From: Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Fri, May 13, 2011 3:32:34 PM Subject: Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes -unsnip IIRC, IEHMOVE was a programming

Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes

2011-05-12 Thread Sam Bass
I have a program that will copy 256K blocksize tapes. http://www.kmbass.com Look at COPYTPX and the subroutine needed RTAPE2. Sam -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes

2011-05-12 Thread Rick Fochtman
---snip--- On Tue, 10 May 2011 14:36:57 -0500, Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net wrote: I can't think of any reason that REXX can't be used to allocate the appropriate tape files, invoke the utilities as needed and be done with

Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes

2011-05-12 Thread Linda Mooney
Hi Fred, Do you have OSDITTO? Linda - Original Message - From: Fred Schmidt fred.schm...@nt.gov.au To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Sunday, May 8, 2011 11:17:34 PM Subject: Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes On Sun, 8 May 2011 23:46:11 -0500, Russell Witt res09

Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes

2011-05-11 Thread Fred Schmidt
On Tue, 10 May 2011 14:36:57 -0500, Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net wrote: I can't think of any reason that REXX can't be used to allocate the appropriate tape files, invoke the utilities as needed and be done with the whole job. Does anyone know if IEHMOVE has been updated for large blksizes?

Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes

2011-05-10 Thread Rick Fochtman
-snip- I know I can IEBGENER etc individual files to a new tape. But on the 1 TB raw capacity tapes we are using, we have 5,000 files and more on a tape, and I would prefer not to have to code JCL to copy each of those files! In

Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes

2011-05-09 Thread Fred Schmidt
On Sun, 8 May 2011 23:46:11 -0500, Russell Witt res09...@verizon.net wrote: Fred, First, to make sure I understand what you are looking for; is the tape file you want to copy already at 256K or do you want to re-block an existing tape-file up to 256K? The reason is that some tape copy utilities

Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes

2011-05-08 Thread Fred Schmidt
Anyone know of a CBT Tape or other free utility that will copy tapes with 256K blocksizes? I was hoping COPYMODS or similar would do so, but it looks like they only support 64K max. Regards, Fred Schmidt NT Government, Australia

Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes

2011-05-08 Thread Ravi Gaur
what type of device output going to? SMS routines also interface with blocksize...paste the error msg.. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET

Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes

2011-05-08 Thread Fred Schmidt
On Sun, 8 May 2011 21:36:45 -0500, Ravi Gaur gaur.ravi2...@gmail.com wrote: what type of device output going to? SMS routines also interface with blocksize...paste the error msg.. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes

2011-05-08 Thread Rob Schramm
Fred, Do you have dfsort? Rob Schramm On May 8, 2011 10:58 PM, Fred Schmidt fred.schm...@nt.gov.au wrote: On Sun, 8 May 2011 21:36:45 -0500, Ravi Gaur gaur.ravi2...@gmail.com wrote: what type of device output going to? SMS routines also interface with blocksize...paste the error msg..

Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes

2011-05-08 Thread Ravi Gaur
Fred,AFIK copycat should be able to it however did you try basic ibm utilities without going to cbt tape org...? iebgener,adrdssu..Trying to understand completely what comes up if you copy over one tape to another with more than 256 blk..

Re: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes

2011-05-08 Thread Russell Witt
CA 1 L2 Support Manager -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Fred Schmidt Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 9:13 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Copying tapes with 256K blocksizes Anyone know of a CBT Tape or other free utility