It would be nice if the CMS TAPE command had a DSE option. I pass tapes through a degausser but would feel a lot better if I ran a DSE command where the tape was erased from beginning to end.
> -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On > Behalf Of David Boyes > Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 11:54 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: zVM 'disk wiping' > > > Isn't it strange that I can find no requirements for the CMS TAPE > > command > > to support a "DSE" option? And nothing about DSE for minidisk or > tdisk > > deallocation? Apparently home-grown erasure solutions and shredding > > are > > good enough. > > There were several a few years back, but IBM rejected them all because > there were IPLable z/OS utilities (DSF was deemed "good enough") and > third-party apps that performed the same task. > > I can fix that lack if you prefer. > > -- db
