John, When you ask for an old 3480 tape, you need to specify UNIT=SYS3480R on the DD card. You can find that in the JCL Reference under DD Unit parameter. We had this come up every now and then as we got rid of all of our 3480s and now just have 3490E units. If you do a listcat all on a 3480 tape and a 3490E tape, you will see a slight difference in the 4 byte device type catagory. I don't have much time to look this up because if I take too long, my email times out.
Another method would be to write a program to change the catalog entries to the 3490E device type. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer P&H Mining Equipment 414-671-7849 Milwaukee, Wisconsin ----- Original Message ----- From: "McKown, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 2:13 pm Subject: Removed 3480 drives - question To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > We have removed our old 3480 drives. We still have our 3490E > drives. A > 3490E drive can read a 3480 cartridge. The question becomes: If I > removethe 3480 drive addresses from my IODF, will z/OS (1.6) > automagicallyallocate a 3490E drive for a 3480 cart, when accessed > via the z/OS > catalog (no UNIT= in the JCL at all)? My guess is: "No, it will not." > The hope around here is: "Yes it will, so we don't need to worry about > it." > > If the answer is "No", then is there some way to make the answer be > "Yes"? Say via a standard z/OS exit? Please, no OEM products - usually > lack of money. > > -- > John McKown > Senior Systems Programmer > UICI Insurance Center > Information Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
