Re: Erase tape data securely

2008-08-27 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/26/2008 at 10:27 PM, Russell Witt [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Yes, this option on the STK drives does apply to the DSE CCW command. They have had this option to have a fast DSE, that will only erase a fixed amount of tape. Ouch! Where were there heads? Since a

Re: Erase tape data securely

2008-08-27 Thread Don Bolton
web site or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don Bolton Director Technical Services -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Victor Zhang Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 2:43 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Erase tape data securely Hi all, I

Re: Erase tape data securely

2008-08-26 Thread Mike Wood
Victor, You would use the DFSMSrmm supplied utility EDGINERS to erase the tape. EDGINERS uses the DSE CCW to tell the hardware to erase the tape contents. You can drive the EDGINERS actions via the volume ERASE release action, and can set the ERASE action in any of these ways; 1. via command

Re: Erase tape data securely

2008-08-26 Thread Thomas Kern
Is this utility available for the DFSMSrmm that is available/required for ATL/VTS use under z/VM? /Tom Kern /301-903-2211 On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:49:01 -0500, Mike Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Victor, You would use the DFSMSrmm supplied utility EDGINERS to erase the tape. EDGINERS uses the

Re: Erase tape data securely

2008-08-26 Thread Hal Merritt
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Victor Zhang Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 2:43 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Erase tape data securely Hi all, I have a T9840 tape drive and lots of carts that need to be erased the data on them. I

Re: Erase tape data securely

2008-08-26 Thread Linda Mooney
Here is a link for the Redbook that describes EDGINERS - http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg245983.pdf Linda Mooney -- Original message -- From: Thomas Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is this utility available for the DFSMSrmm that is available/required for ATL/VTS

Re: Erase tape data securely

2008-08-26 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/25/2008 at 12:47 PM, R.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: First, it depends on what you mean securely. No, it depends on answering the question he asked instead of an unrelated question. He wants a utility that will issue DSE. He didn't ask how secure DSE is, although it's

Re: Erase tape data securely

2008-08-26 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/25/2008 at 02:42 AM, Victor Zhang [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Could you anyone send me a sample jcl or tell me where to find the procedure? Richard's program should work once you convert it to MVS, and Steve's suggestion to use FATS is a good one. -- Shmuel

Re: Erase tape data securely

2008-08-26 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/25/2008 at 07:28 PM, Russell Witt [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: What the others have told is correct. However, one more thing to be aware with STK drives is that there is an option to perform a fast erase and a full or slow erase. Does that apply to DSE? --

Re: Erase tape data securely

2008-08-26 Thread Russell Witt
-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Erase tape data securely In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/25/2008 at 07:28 PM, Russell Witt [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: What the others have told is correct. However, one more thing to be aware with STK drives is that there is an option to perform a fast erase and a full

Erase tape data securely

2008-08-25 Thread Victor Zhang
Hi all, I have a T9840 tape drive and lots of carts that need to be erased the data on them. I know that there is an option in T9840 CSE panel that can be turned on/off:DSE(Data security erase), my question is: if I turned it on, what utility or software can I use to erase the data on those

Re: Erase tape data securely

2008-08-25 Thread R.S.
Victor Zhang wrote: Hi all, I have a T9840 tape drive and lots of carts that need to be erased the data on them. I know that there is an option in T9840 CSE panel that can be turned on/off:DSE(Data security erase), my question is: if I turned it on, what utility or software can I use to erase

Re: Erase tape data securely

2008-08-25 Thread Rich Greenberg
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you write: Hi all, I have a T9840 tape drive and lots of carts that need to be erased the data on them. I know that there is an option in T9840 CSE panel that can be turned on/off:DSE(Data security erase), my question is: if I turned it on, what utility or software can

Re: Erase tape data securely

2008-08-25 Thread Stephen Mednick
-Original Message- Hi all, I have a T9840 tape drive and lots of carts that need to be erased the data on them. I know that there is an option in T9840 CSE panel that can be turned on/off:DSE(Data security erase), my question is: if I turned it on, what utility or software can I

Re: Erase tape data securely

2008-08-25 Thread Russell Witt
choice in that situation. Russell Witt -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Victor Zhang Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 2:43 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Erase tape data securely Hi all, I have a T9840 tape drive and lots of carts