I have some IBM 3590 cartridges, J & K, which I need to ensure all the data
is off of them. Does any know of any utility which will write binary zeros
all down the cartridge until the end. I still have an old program from the
US Air Force which would go down to the end two tapemarks, skip over them
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> Subject: Erase IBM 3590 Cartridges
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> I have some IBM 3590 cartrid
Jim Marshall wrote:
I have some IBM 3590 cartridges, J & K, which I need to ensure all the data
is off of them. Does any know of any utility which will write binary zeros
all down the cartridge until the end. I still have an old program from the
US Air Force which would go down to the end two ta
On Jan 5, 2006, at 2:21 PM, R.S. wrote:
SNIP
1. Do not degauss the tapes, unless you want to destroy them.
3590's have servo tracks tah would be destroyed.
2. 3590 drive can erase the tape without getting any datastream
from host. This feature is exploited by tape mane
Ed Gould wrote:
I always used IEBDG to create the binary zero blocks of data. I don't
have the control cards handy but its a quick 5 minute read and 1
minute in ISPF.
DSDOUTPUT=(ddname)
FD NAME=DATA,FILL=X'FF',LENGTH=blksize
CREATE NAME=(DATA),QUANTITY=
Abend D37 is expect
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Subject: Re: Erase IBM 3590 Cartridges
Ed Gould wrote:
> I always used IEBDG to create the binary zero blocks of data. I don't
> have the control cards handy but its a quic
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 01/05/2006
at 02:10 PM, Jim Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>I suggested that we just degauss the cartridges and write a new
>label. My SYSPROGs seem to think IBM maintains some cartridge
>statistics internal to the cartridge itself and these would be
>lost.
I don
Ed Gould wrote:
I always used IEBDG to create the binary zero blocks of data. I don't
have the control cards handy but its a quick 5 minute read and 1
minute in ISPF.
Perhaps I'm missing something here, and I don't remember 3590 hardware
details, but for my 3480 cartridges I've always used
If you mean erase data from the cartridges I would suggest to use FATS/FATAR if
you have it.
Gerhard Postpischil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ed Gould wrote:
>> I always used IEBDG to create the binary zero blocks of data. I don't
>> have the control cards handy but its a quick 5 minute read
On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 08:40:34 -0500, Gerhard Postpischil
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Perhaps I'm missing something here, and I don't remember 3590 hardware
>details, but for my 3480 cartridges I've always used EXCP with CCW
>opcode X'97' - Data Security Erase, chained to one Erase Gap. Works like
>a
The 3590 hardware details are only available from IBM through a licence,
so if you have the licence you can find the opcodes in the
documentation; otherwise, don't feel bad about not remembering!
Luckily the 3590 accepts most of the ordinary CCWs (read, write, rewind,
etc) that have been defin
On Jan 6, 2006, at 8:57 AM, Mike Baldwin wrote:
On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 08:40:34 -0500, Gerhard Postpischil
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Perhaps I'm missing something here, and I don't remember 3590
hardware
details, but for my 3480 cartridges I've always used EXCP with CCW
opcode X'97' - Data Secu
On Jan 6, 2006, at 7:40 AM, Gerhard Postpischil wrote:
Ed Gould wrote:
I always used IEBDG to create the binary zero blocks of data. I
don't have the control cards handy but its a quick 5 minute read
and 1 minute in ISPF.
Perhaps I'm missing something here, and I don't remember 3590
ha
On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 19:42:31 -0600, Ed Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>So unless you have trhe doc you have really no way of knowing what an
>erase really does? (does anyone know?)
>
>Does anyone know for say a 3490 ?
Without getting philosophical, I do know this much:
IBM 3490 Magnetic Tape Su
Ed Gould wrote:
On Jan 6, 2006, at 8:57 AM, Mike Baldwin wrote:
On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 08:40:34 -0500, Gerhard Postpischil
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Perhaps I'm missing something here, and I don't remember 3590 hardware
details, but for my 3480 cartridges I've always used EXCP with CCW
opcode
Hi,
Check out ERASETP works very nicely for 3480 or 3490 carts.
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On Jan 9, 2006, at 1:39 AM, R.S. wrote:
--SNIP--
Is it fair ? I don't know. In fact, it should be compared to other
vendors' practice.
Just my $0.02
--
R.S.
OK I'll bite how do other vendors prices material like this, anyone?
Ed
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Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 4:37 PM
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Subject: Re: Erase IBM 3590 Cartridges
On Jan 9, 2006, at 1:39 AM, R.S. wrote:
--SNIP--
>
> Is it fair ? I don't know. In fact, it should be compared to other
> vendor
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