RE: Recovering Data

["Neil Palmer" <neilp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Trouble is, after you run INZTAP it places the two tape marks to signify
end of tape.  On S/3 (& 360/370) there was a tape utility called Ditto
that could get around those by allowing you to position anywhere on the
tape.
There are several Data Recovery services that can recover data from tapes
like this, or you could call the FBI and say you think there was some info
regarding Osama's whereabouts on the tape, but you accidentally
initialized it, and they will recover all the data for you !  ;-)

...Neil





"Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@attbi.com>
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2002/04/02 10:31
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Bypass Label Processing - See text below from the CL Reference
description of the CPYFRMTAP command:

*BLP: Standard label processing is bypassed when copying the from-file
volumes. Although each reel is checked for a standard label, all other
volume label information and file labels on the tape are ignored. Only
the tape marks are used when the tape volumes are being copied. Bypass
label processing can be used if the names of the volumes are incorrect,
or if some of the information in the file labels is incorrect.

Regards,
Andy

>
> try using BLP...haven't done this in a while, but we used to be able
to
> hit files using BLP...