Thanks Alan. Yes, I know that degaussing will mess the tape up. In my case, I do this when I want to retire the tapes and send them for recycling.
Where do one go to submit a requirement? > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On > Behalf Of Alan Altmark > Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 2:26 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: zVM 'disk wiping' > > On Thursday, 10/08/2009 at 01:55 EDT, Aria Bamdad <a...@bsc.gwu.edu> > wrote: > > 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. > > Yes, it would be. But it won't ever be done if people don't submit > requirements or get their names attached to existing ones. :-) > > The one thing you must not to do a tape cartridge is degauss it. If > you > do, the servo tracks are destroyed and must be re-initialized before > the > tape can be used. > > z/OS will prompt you and ask if it is ok to initialize a scrogged tape. > z/VM will not. (Another opportunity for a requirement.) > > Alan Altmark > z/VM Development > IBM Endicott
