We are having a problem with our VTS and new virtual scratch tapes and were wondering if anyone has experienced a similar problem.
If we mount a new virtual scratch tape, by this I mean a tape which has never had any data of any form written to it, "TAPE FSF 1" fails with "DMSP2C110S Error reading TAP1(181)". Once any form of data is written to the tape such as "TAPE WTM" then the "TAPE FSF 1" works. We were wondering if this is a hardware, software or installation problem. We have opened ETRs with both IBM Hardware and Software support. Here is a console log: tmm tapemnt scr Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:01:11 EUMTAP0072I Mount request 004877 received. EUMTAP0079I Mount request 004877 pending. EUMTAP0109I Device 0E6B attached to SCXJXS as 0181 with volume 379963. FILEDEF INMOVE TAP1 (RECFM U LRECL 32760 Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:01:28 FILEDEF OUTMOVE TERMINAL Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:01:32 rew 181 Rewind complete Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:01:37 movefile VOL1379963 HDR100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000 Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:01:40 rew 181 Rewind complete Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:01:47 tape fsf 1 DMSP2C110S Error reading TAP1(181) Ready(00100); T=0.01/0.01 12:01:50 movefile VOL1379963 HDR100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000 Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:01:54 tape wtm Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:01:59 rew 181 Rewind complete Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:02:03 tape fsf 1 Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:02:06 As you can see, MOVEFILE can read the tape but TAPE FSF 1 gets upset. Jim
