20 Oct
2005
20 Oct
'05
7:37 a.m.
>>>> "Tim" == Tim Shoppa
<Tim> writes:
> (1600 bpi), and some report a few hundred records
of 16384, then a
> few at a smaller number, then more at 16384, etc. I'd think there
> were some read problems, but the tape wasn't shoe-shining
Tim> Are the "smaller sized" records 80 bytes, and have tape marks
Tim> near them? If so, these are the ANSI tape labels for volume
Tim> start/end and saveset start/end.
Tim> Even though you mount VMS BACKUP tapes /FOREIGN on a VMS system,
Tim> they still have ANSI labels on them.
Tim> If there are truly damaged records then the redundancy blocks
Tim> (unless you turned them off) will help you.
True, provided they occur one at a time. If you have two in a row,
you're likely to be in trouble.
paul