Maybe I missed a post but, what ‘VTL’ are you running? IBM has a feature code that a CE can order that will do a data erase on the library, cache and disk. The physical backend tapes would need to be certified destroyed. Iron Mountain can do that for you. Just my 2 cents Doug
. On Sep 13, 2018, at 17:32, Mike Schwab <mike.a.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: Once all the tapes are deleted by writing to all 50K, you just have to write as many volumes as needed to fill VTS. The large the dataset, the fewer the volumes. On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 2:52 PM George Rodriguez <0000016eebd7289b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > That's a big order. There are 50,000 virtual tapes defined in the system... > WOW! > > *George Rodriguez* > > *Specialist II - IT Security* > *PX - 47652* > *(561) 357-7652 (office)* > *(954) 415-7586 (mobile)* > *School District of Palm Beach County* > *3348 Forest Hill Blvd.* > *Room B-332* > *West Palm Beach, FL. 33406-5869* > *Florida's Only A-Rated Urban District* > > >> On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 2:29 PM Mike Schwab <mike.a.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Overwrite each tape with a one track dataset of low values. >> Then overwrite tapes with a very large dataset of low values until VTS is >> full. >> Repeat one track / large datasets with high values and b'01010101'. >> >> Repeat the 3 cycles until desired number of overwrites are accomplished. >> >> On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 10:16 AM George Rodriguez >> <0000016eebd7289b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: >>> >>> The School District of Palm Beach County is finally shutting down the IBM >>> z10 and all its components. >>> >>> I was wondering if any member the listserve can help me with "wiping out" >>> out VTL. Any help will be greatly appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> *George Rodriguez* >>> >>> *Specialist II - IT Security* >>> *PX - 47652* >>> *(561) 357-7652 (office)* >>> *(954) 415-7586 (mobile)* >>> *School District of Palm Beach County* >>> *3348 Forest Hill Blvd.* >>> *Room B-332* >>> *West Palm Beach, FL. 33406-5869* >>> *Florida's Only A-Rated Urban District* >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *Disclaimer: *Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. >>> If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public >>> records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, >>> contact this office by phone or in writing. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> >> >> -- >> Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA >> Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > > -- > > > > > > > *Disclaimer: *Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. > If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public > records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, > contact this office by phone or in writing. > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
