HP BACKCOPY User Manual

F Tape Label Formats
This appendix lists the standards for the two tape label formats (ANSI version-3 and IBM-MVS) that
HP supports. In these tables, all fields of the standards are documented. However, HP does not
support all fields within these standards. For example, IBM-specific fields such as VTOC Pointer
are not supported.
NOTE: "Spaces" and "Space" in the Content column of these tables indicate fields that HP does
not support.
ANSI Standard Labels
ANSI VOL1 Label Format
ContentLength (in Bytes)Field NameCharacter Position in the
Label Record
"VOL"3Label Identifier1 - 3
"1"1Label Number4
Name of this tape volume6Volume Identifier5 - 10
Spaces1Accessibility11
Spaces13Reserved for Future
Standardization
12 - 24
Spaces13Implementation Identifier25 - 37
Owner of this tape volume14Owner Identifier38 - 51
Spaces28Reserved for Future
Standardization
52 - 79
"3"1Label-Standard Version80
ANSI HDR1/EOF/EOV1 Label Format
ContentLength (in Bytes)Field NameCharacter Position in the
Label Record
"HDR" or EOF" or "EOV"3Label Identifier1 - 3
"1"1Label Number4
Tape-file name17File Identifier5 - 21
File-set name to which this volume
belongs
6Fileset Identifier22 - 27
Ordinal number of this volume within a
multivolume tape file
4File Section Number28 - 31
Ordinal number of this tape file within a
multifile file-set
4File Sequence Number32 - 35
A number indicating the absolute
generation number of this file
4Generation Number36 - 39
A number indicating the version of this
generation
2Version Number40 - 41
Year and day of the year this file was
created
6Creation Date42 - 47
Year and day of the year this file can be
scratched or overwritten
6Expiration Date48 - 53
Space1Accessibility54
ANSI Standard Labels 293

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Model	BACKCOPY
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