Re: RESTLIBR from AS36 tape

On 7/11/2023 12:58 PM, Jerry Draper wrote:

We did a SAVELIBR of some libraries on an AS236 to tape (6348).

We have a 9406-270 with the same type/model tape drive.

We can do a DSPTAP TC to *PRINT and we see the contents of the tape
When we attempt to do a RESTLIBR it fails with this message.

RESTLIBR JDRAPER,,,,,,TC,REWIND,,JDRAPHF
RESTLIBR procedure is running

SYS3085 Options ( 123)
System function detected error during restore.

Any ideas?

We need to export some files and we can't do it on the AS36.

Aside from Bryan's excellent idea to dsptap labels(*savrst), I had to dig deep into my memory to try to remember any S/36 stuff. Consider INZTAP on the 270, then carry it over the the AS236 and try several SAVE commands instead of SAVELIBR. Back on the 270, use RESTORE to try to get the files off of the tape. I have a very vague memory of compatibility issues between platforms with SAVELIBR.

If you haven't got an OCL reference to hand, the Wayback Machine does: https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_ibmsystem3roceduresandCommandsSummaryJun87_7757514/page/n249/mode/2up