ADSM-L

Re: Pre-Initialized Tapes - do they need to be labeled?

2004-07-24 18:41:45
Subject: Re: Pre-Initialized Tapes - do they need to be labeled?
From: Fred Johanson <fred AT MIDWAY.UCHICAGO DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 17:41:20 -0500
We've been ordering "pre-labelled" 3590 carts since we went to the 3494 in ADSM
V2.  Never had a problem.


Quoting Dave Canan <ddcanan AT ATTGLOBAL DOT NET>:

>          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.
>


Fred Johanson