If you have authority to use bypass label processing; you may be able to read the tape with JCL parameters like: //TAPEIN DD DSN=bogus dsn with your HLQ,UNIT=3490,VOL=SER=bogus volser, // LABEL=(2,BLP,EXPDT=98000),DISP=(OLD,KEEP), // DCB=(appropriate RECFM,LRECL,ETC because you are no longer standard label)
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