tapetools and VMS Backup tapes

[Tim Shoppa]

> (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

Are the "smaller sized" records 80 bytes, and have tape marks
near them?  If so, these are the ANSI tape labels for volume start/end
and saveset start/end.

Even though you mount VMS BACKUP tapes /FOREIGN on
a VMS system, they still have ANSI labels on them.

If there are truly damaged records then the redundancy blocks
(unless you turned them off) will help you.

Tim.