Thanks ListServ listeners! A lot of good info. The people that provide the the maintenance for the hardware is research how best to do what I need.
I'm pretty sure that the underlying operating system is AIX (IBM's version of UNIX) and I have in house experts on that OS. I will ask them how to format the disk drives from the operator console. Again thanks so much for all the ideas. I'll let you know the outcome! *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 Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 5:25 AM Robert S. Hansel (RSH) < r.han...@rshconsulting.com> wrote: > Todd, > Unfortunately, ERASE only works on DASD datasets. It doesn't do tapes, > even virtual ones. Clever idea nonetheless. > > George, > Does your tape management product or VTL hardware vendor provide utilities > for this task? > > Regards, Bob > > Robert S. Hansel > Lead RACF Specialist > RSH Consulting, Inc. > 617-969-8211 > www.linkedin.com/in/roberthansel > www.twitter.com/RSH_RACF > www.rshconsulting.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Upcoming RSH RACF Training - WebEx > - RACF Audit & Compliance Roadmap - SEPT 10-14, 2018 > - RACF Level I Administration - DEC 4-7, 2018 > - RACF Level II Administration - NOV 5-9, 2018 > - RACF Level III Admin, Audit, & Compliance - OCT 1-5, 2018 > - RACF - Securing z/OS UNIX - OCT 22-26, 2018 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -----Original Message----- > Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 15:32:31 +0000 > From: "Burrell, Todd" <todd_burr...@csx.com> > Subject: Re: Yet Another Mainframe z10 Bites the Dust! > > Not sure if turning on ERASE on SCRATCH in RACF - and then deleting the > datasets would work? Just a thought? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of George Rodriguez > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2018 11:16 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Yet Another Mainframe z10 Bites the Dust! > > 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* > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
