Re: RMM Total Block Count when Using Tapecopy.

John, The 'total block count' is a number which Open/Close/EOV maintains and passes to the tape management system (this case RMM) during CLOSE/EOV. You can see this information described in the DFSMS Installation Exits chapter that includes IFGTEP parameter list. If the original file was not create

Re: RMM Total Block Count when Using Tapecopy.

Thanks Bruce it appears to be as we expected all is fine. We may never know why the total block count is less, but all seems to have been copied. Thanks again John Benik -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instr

Re: RMM Total Block Count when Using Tapecopy.

An original tape in RMM looks like this. Record format . . . . : U Block size . . . . . : 32760 Logical record length : 0 Block count . . . . . : 8871 Total block count . . : 8002 After using tapecopy the output tape looks like this. Record format . . . . : U Block size . . . . . : 32760 Lo

RMM Total Block Count when Using Tapecopy.

An original tape in RMM looks like this. Record format . . . . : U Block size . . . . . : 32760 Logical record length : 0 Block count . . . . . : 8871 Total block count . . : 8002 After using tapecopy the output tape looks like this. Record format . . . . : U Block size . . . . . : 32760 Logic