Re: Are Tapes Verified During Backup?

In this year's audit letter, the auditors said that the tapes that we use
for backup are not verified. We have a 6384 Model 001 (1/4" tape cartridge)
on a model 520.

I have been searching both Midrange, the InfoCenter, and Redbooks/Manuals
trying to find out if the tapes are verified. Can't find anything, but
thought one of you might know and, hopefully, point me to a URL that I can
use in my reply.

I suspect that the tapes are verified simply because the PRTERRLOG report
shows temporary and permanent errors. I print these at the end of each
week, and only see a small number of temporary errors (1 or 2 per tape).
Reasonably it seems to me that the system would not know if it had an error
unless it was checking (verifying) what it wrote.

Thanks.

Jerry C. Adams
IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
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