On Tuesday, 11/18/2008 at 08:54 EST, Mike Hammock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Alan, we can certainly give that a try.. But... I assumed (there is > that problem word) that if we mounted the tape cartridge, did a "TAPE REW" > then a "TAPE DUMP * * A" that it would wipe out any standard label on the > cartridge... that it would become a no-label tape no matter what it was > before...
I missed that point. Yes, that scenario will wipe out the label. Since he's on 5.3, he should contact the Support Center. You could diagnose this by crawling through all the RDC and SENSE data provided by the drive as well as tracing the I/O, but that will take a fair bit of time. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
