Tape to
Labeled Tape copies
IBM-standard labeled tapes (without requiring you to specify every
file ID). Labels read from the input tape are interpreted and copied
to the output tape. Copying multivolume and multifile tapes is supported.
However, multivolume output tapes are not supported: if the output
volume is too short, copying continues on the next tape, but no end-of-volume
(EOV) label is written on the full output volume, and no IBM-standard
VOL1, HDR1, and HDR2 labels are written on the continuation volume.
Figure 1. Tape to
Labeled Tape panel
Process Options Help
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File Manager Tape to Labeled Tape
Tapes: No tapes allocated
Input:
DDNAME to use .________ enter new name, or select one from above
Type of tape . SL___ SL or MIXED (mixture of SL and NL files)
Output:
DDNAME to use .________ enter new name, or select one from above
Tape mode . . .__ optional recording mode or density code
Files . . . . . ALL__ number of files to be copied or ALL
New Volser(s) .___________________________________ or * or blank
Command ===> __________________________________________________________________
F1=Help F2=Split F3=Exit F4=CRetriev F7=Backward F8=Forward
F9=Swap F10=Actions F12=Cancel
You can copy all of the files on the tape (by default) or specify
the number of files that you want to copy (see Specifying the number of tape files to process). You can start copying at a specific
file by positioning the tape at the header label (HDR1) of the desired
file. You can also append files on the output volume by positioning
the output tape after the last file (EOF2 TM) of the output volume.
You can copy a tape that contains both labeled and unlabeled files by specifying the type as
MIXED. Non-labeled files are tolerated and copied as non-labeled files.
Note:
Any user labels on the input tape are not copied.
File Manager may force bypass label processing (BLP) when switching
to the next volume. If BLP is forced, for security reasons the tape is freed (unallocated) when the
Tape to Labeled Tape ends.
Do not copy HSM backup tapes using Tape to Labeled Tape because File Manager cannot update the HSM internal information regarding the
location of the backup data sets.
No recataloging or RACF® processing of the data sets takes
place because of data set naming conventions on tape.
In some error conditions (for example, if unexpired output volumes are used), prompts are sent
to the operator console.