Hello,
I just found a way to partially recover data on a defective 3590 cartridge.
Move data and audit volume aborted when processing a specific file.
Unfortunately, this was very near to the beginning of the tape. So I was
afraid to lose about 10 GB of data.

I started del vol discard=yes. Then I got a new idea. The discard is a
background process which can be cancelled. I cancelled it and ran audit
volume. Everything was fine because the offendig file was deleted!

Unfortunately, 17000 files and 1.7 GB are lost because the idea came too
late. I should have cancelled the process much earlier. In case you have the
same problem I hope you will remember this mail and cancel the discard
process earlier.

Or is there an even better method?

Best regards
Gerhard

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