> Everyone keeps asking everyone else, but no one ever asks *us*. (sniff)
What? And give Chuckie the opportunity to rant that such a request would require Lab resources better expended on other NEW work, when there are already other product$ available to meet the need? Hah! I laugh in the general direction of your ceaseless sniffing! Maybe you need another dose of Adam's cough medicine - the one providing multi-symptom (not to be confused with muti-tasking) relief. Next thing you know, Chuckie will want a pony, too! It's Friday, right? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. "Alan Altmark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> 07/18/2008 10:25 AM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: Data Security Erase utility for z/VM tapes On Friday, 07/18/2008 at 10:52 EDT, "McKown, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IIRC, you can erase a tape using a specific CCW called, cleverly, DSE. > If you can write a small CMS program which uses this CCW, then you can > ATTACH the drive to your CMS user, mount the tape, then run the program. > For a 3490E drive, this is a CCW opcode of x'97'. You need to use > command chaining to put a NOP command in the CCW string after this one. > I don't have such a program. I also don't have access to a z/VM system. > > If you have access to a z/OS system, then most tape management software > has this facility. With CA-1, this is the CTSDEU program. It sure would be nice if there were a requirement against z/VM to provide such a function. Everyone keeps asking everyone else, but no one ever asks *us*. (sniff) Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. All messages sent to and from this e-mail address may be monitored as permitted by applicable law and regulations to ensure compliance with our internal policies and to protect our business. E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by e-mail.
