TSM writes the same IBM standard internal label as MVS does, even if not running on MVS. But as Bill said, order them ASCII labels.
-----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Canan Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 12:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Pre-Initialized Tapes - do they need to be labeled? I am throwing this out the list to get an answer. If you order "pre-labeled" tapes to use with TSM, does this mean that they do not need to go through the "label libv" process? This may seem like a silly question, but we have a customer who want to order pre-labeled (and barcoded) tapes, but I always thought that meant labeled for use by an MVS system, not necessarily for use by a TSM system. They are ordering a large batch of tapes, and if they don't have to be "labeled" with TSM, this could save them a lot of time. Thanks for any answers to this.
