Maybe write to the tapetools email addr that's within the file(s)? The last resort is to find a h/w support crew that supports IBM VTLs.
- KB ------- Original Message ------- On Thursday, June 1st, 2023 at 8:11 PM, Tom Longfellow <000003e29b607131-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > If they have something in TAPETOOLS, they hide it well. > I can find nothing anywhere that allows me to send the 'super secret' > override to change a tape from private category to scratch with the hopes of > being able to EJECT them from the entire VTS grid. > > The IBM 'Nanny state' does not allow for a 'Do what I tell you' override of > tape data. > > Everything I find assumes that changes to scratch are done with RELEASE > actions from within DFSMSrmm. My RMM system was purged of all this > information years ago. > > RMM is currently bipolar. It will not take AV commands to add tapes because > they are already there. At the same time, no reports, queries or ISPF > interfaces can show these tapes. > > I feel this is going to be a long process for me thanks to Big Brother IBM. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
