On May 20, 2009, at 11:56 AM, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU wrote:
Any time you have questions about anything........... Step #1 - GOOGLE Step #2 - rinse-lather-repeat http://www.backupcentral.com/content/view/179/47/
Well, that's a previously cited page which talks about the subject, but skirts all the issues which in today's world quickly renders physical scanning of TSM tapes rather futile. There are too many factors which defeat the approach. (In particular, the web page cites no success stories.) For completeness: IBM's Technote on the subject is 1050961. Richard Sims