On Thursday, 05/21/2009 at 05:09 EDT, Lee Stewart <lstewart.dsgr...@attglobal.net> wrote: > Not degaussed (that I know of), but supposedly brand new...
New tapes can be initialized or not. If ordering from IBM or an IBM-authorized dealer, you order 3599-xxx. Whether the tape are initialized depends on the value of xxx. If IEHINITT will initialize the tape, but TAPE WVOL1 isn't, then open a PMR against CMS. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
