Re: ICKDSF ERASE VOLUME Too Slow

2006-09-20 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
No, seriously. What's a RAMAC 3 worth today? snippage How much is the data that is on the RAMAC 3 worth is probably the underlying question. Daniel McLaughlin ZOS Systems Programmer Crawford Company PH: 770 621 3256 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ICKDSF ERASE VOLUME Too Slow

2006-09-20 Thread R.S.
Daniel A. McLaughlin wrote: No, seriously. What's a RAMAC 3 worth today? snippage How much is the data that is on the RAMAC 3 worth is probably the underlying question. However one of the methods to erase data is to destroy the media. Destroying disk modules could be quite easy. --

Re: ICKDSF ERASE VOLUME Too Slow

2006-09-20 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
However one of the methods to erase data is to destroy the media. Destroying disk modules could be quite easy. I understand that, but in a litigious world, and with SOX, etc., there may be a directive to purge before destruction. Daniel McLaughlin ZOS Systems Programmer Crawford Company

Re: ICKDSF ERASE VOLUME Too Slow

2006-09-20 Thread R.S.
Daniel A. McLaughlin wrote: However one of the methods to erase data is to destroy the media. Destroying disk modules could be quite easy. I understand that, but in a litigious world, and with SOX, etc., there may be a directive to purge before destruction. I stronlgy doubt in such

Re: ICKDSF ERASE VOLUME Too Slow

2006-09-20 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
My only intent was to play devil's advocate on this. Case in point. We had the last active Honeywell 800 in the Air Force. It used 1 metal reel tapes with plastic leaders. We started to run low, the call went out and we got about 10,000 in from another site. We started out to check all

ICKDSF ERASE VOLUME Too Slow

2006-09-19 Thread Mark House
I am looking for a fast way to erase (DESTROY) all of the data on a 3390-3 logical drive on a RAMAC 3. Following is a description of what we have tried. Thanks for any info. We attempting to erase all of the data on a RAMMAC 3. We have used the INIT command with the VALIDATE PURGE

Re: ICKDSF ERASE VOLUME Too Slow

2006-09-19 Thread Tim Hare
As perhaps many others will point out, try FDRERASE from Innovation (I think I spelled the product name correctly). Tim Hare Senior Systems Programmer Florida Department of Transportation (850) 414-4209 -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: ICKDSF ERASE VOLUME Too Slow

2006-09-19 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark House Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 3:48 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: ICKDSF ERASE VOLUME Too Slow I am looking for a fast way to erase (DESTROY) all of the data on a 3390-3

Re: ICKDSF ERASE VOLUME Too Slow

2006-09-19 Thread Glenn Miller
Hi Mark, I have never worked with a RAMAC 3 before, however, a couple of thoughts come to mind: If the RAMAC 3 supports either IBM Flashcopy Ver1 ( Volume Level Flashcopy ) or PPRC Ver1, you could 'setup' some volume(s) with IEBDG as someone else suggested. Then you could specify the 'setup'

Re: ICKDSF ERASE VOLUME Too Slow

2006-09-19 Thread Bruce Black
Thanks, Tim. Mark, see our web site www.innovationdp.com for details on FDRERASE -- Bruce Black Senior Software Developer Innovation Data Processing -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: ICKDSF ERASE VOLUME Too Slow

2006-09-19 Thread Bruce Black
If the RAMAC 3 supports either IBM Flashcopy Ver1 ( Volume Level Flashcopy ) or PPRC Ver1, RAMAC 3 is an old subsystem, no flashcopy -- Bruce Black Senior Software Developer Innovation Data Processing -- For IBM-MAIN