Re: How do I read a UNIX-created Ultrium-3 tape on our V5R2 system?

The DSPTAP command shows that the type is *NL, density is *ULTRIUM2 - and 
everything else as blanks.

Sounds like a problem...

Tom

"Jim Damato" <jdamato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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>I usually do a DSPTAP DATA(*LABELS) to get the record length for the
> file(s) and the parms for a CPYFRMTAP.  Then I create a physical file --
> CRTPF RCDLEN(xxx) and perform the CPYFRMTAP.  As Rob has noted, if
> they've performed some sort of proprietary backup you're hosed.
>
> -Jim
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> system?
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> Do you have the tape?
>
> If so, then DSPTAP is a good place to start.  You can probably kiss all
> of
> the RST* commands good bye.  There are options to read and write
> directly
> to tape from RPG.
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> But, ideally, I'd find out what utility they used to create the tape on
> the Unix box, find a like Unix box, and go from there.  It's one thing
> if
> they wrote a classical sequential file that looks like punched cards on
> tape.  It's quite another if they used Tivoli Storage Manager to store
> each changed part of a file into multiple data sets - compressed.
>
> Rob Berendt
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> Customer would like for us to recover some data from their
> Unix-formatted
> Ultrium-2 tape.  We have an Ultrium-3 tape drive, but I have no idea
> where
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> to start.
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> What do I need to get going on this little project?
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> Tom
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