RE: Copy a Save Tape?

[Darrell A Martin <DMartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Rob:

I ran the following from QSYSOPR, where device TAP01 is a 3570 and TAP03 
is an 8 mm.

SBMJOB CMD(DUPTAP FROMDEV(TAP01) TODEV(TAP03) FROMSEQNBR(*ALL) 
FROMENDOPT(*UNLOAD) CHECK(*NO)) JOB(DUPLICATET)

I received the message CPA6799 with selected text:

Cause . . . . . :   File SAVLIBS from sequence number 1 on volume TP30 on  
 
  device TAP01 was not duplicated to device TAP03 volume 999999. The file 
was 
  not duplicated because the block size of file SAVLIBS was 262144 and is 
not 
  supported on device TAP03 which has a maximum block size of 245760. 
Recovery 
   . . . :   Files on this volume may have block sizes less than or equal 
to 
  245760 that can be duplicated. To duplicate these files, reply I to 
ignore
[snip]

(The ". . . :" in line five is as generated, not edited.) I responded with 
"I" and the results were the job ended abnormally with no files copied. 
This agrees with my recollection of previous attempts.

Perhaps I need to back up a step and deal with block sizes at the point 
when the source tape is being created?

Darrell 

Darrell A. Martin  -  630-754-2187
Manager, Computer Operations
dmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 10/06/2006 07:35:57 AM:

> DUPTAP works fine.  Don't worry about the drives having different sector 

> sizes, media types, etc.  We used to do this all the time.  This was on 
a 
> machine that used to have reel-to-reel, 8mm, 1/4" cartridge, 3570 and 
> 3590.  Now were pretty much an all 3582 shop.
>
> Rob Berendt





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