In the MVS world, you tell the Access Method what happened and let it take its EOT path, where it usually mounts the next tape.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 1:34 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Trace I/O for a 3490 tape drive > > On Wednesday, 06/17/2009 at 03:44 EDT, "Hughes, Jim" > <jim.hug...@doit.nh.gov> wrote: > > > We are evaluating VTAPE from VSSI. Our VSE machines get > Intervention > > Required when EOT is sensed when running an IDCAMS backup. > > > > I am want to organize a trace to a real 3490 tape drive so > I can see > > the behavior when a real 3490 presents EOT to IDCAMS. > > According to the 3490 Hardware Reference, Error Recovery > Action code 38 (physical EOT) specifically raises an > Equipment Check. Intervention Required can be turned on, > too, if the problem is not corrected before the CU presents > status to the channel (and I don't know how you "recover" from EOT). > > Alan Altmark > z/VM Development > IBM Endicott >
