Bill - technically, you don't need the DSN, but you'll just get the system-generated temporary data set name in the mount message. You don't need the VOL=SER, either, in a vanilla (read - no tape management system) environment. Lack of a VOL=SER will cause z/OS to issue the MOUNT message asking for a SCRTCH volume. But in a tape management environment, rmm/TMS/TLMS do different processing for scratch tapes, which could lead to the S413.
Crispin - methinks the message is because of the LABEL. As long as the tape was not created in a z/VSE environment (see Gilbert's posting), it should be (1,NL). For a quick graphical explanation, a regular standard label tape looks like: Header (HDR1/VOL1/optional USR1 labels) Tape mark Data Tape mark Trailer (er, I forget what goes here) Tape mark A non-labelled tape looks like Data Tape mark If you processed a standard labelled tape with BLP (forces z/OS to not check the headers and trailers as labels), it looks like 3 separate files. If you read a standard labelled tape in z/OS or z/VM, you must account for this when processing the tape in DITTO or CMS. ***==---> Oh, another thought just occurred to me. If this is really a standard labelled tape for which you are trying to process the data without knowing the file/label information, then you -> need <- to use BLP. NL processing verifies that the first file on the tape is -> not <- a label. Also, go grab TAPEMAP from the CBT site. It's something that every sysprog should have in his umbrella (sorry, caught an episode of The Avengers last week), especially when dealing with "foreign" tapes. Later, Ray -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Wilkie Sent: Monday January 08 2007 05:58 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: [SPAM] RE: IEBGENER and unlabled tape You still need a DSN and Voler for the mount msg. If it has no label, you should have either NL or BLP in the label parameter. Bill >From: Crispin Hugo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> >To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU >Subject: IEBGENER and unlabled tape >Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 12:24:52 -0000 > >I have a tape with no VOL1, HDR1/2. Just data. I want this to be input to >IEBGENER. I specify DCB information. > >//SYSUT1 DD DCB=(RECFM=FB,BLKSIZE=32720,LRECL=80), >// LABEL=(2,NL), >// UNIT=590 > >I get error I IEC145I 413-18,IFG0194A,MCHJOB,COPYXMT,SYSUT1,0590 > >Error seems to imply that I need a VOL=SER= but the tape has no VOL1. What >am I doing wrong. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
