ERROR: " SARTPI42 Tape allocation failed ERR=1708 INFO=0000 DSN=....SARTAPE.T0000429"

Products

• Deliver

Issue/Introduction

User receives the following errors when trying to access a report from a tape:

 SARTPI42 Tape allocation failed ERR=1708 INFO=0000 DSN=....SARTAPE.T0000429 
 SARTPI44 DUPLEX Tape does not exist or does not contain file - TSQ=429 

How to recover?

Environment

Output Management Deliver™ for z/OS
Deliver™
OM Deliver for z

Cause

The user needed to move tape content to new media, and had used a third-party product to do so. The user received the dynamic allocation error, on the tape request, because the tape was not in the catalog. 

A run of SARPAC REPORT showed that the user had several NOCAT (not cataloged) tapes, all of which could be associated to their having used the third-party product to do the tape copying.

Resolution

The user was able to catalog all of the NOCAT tapes, then they were able to use the SARPAC utility to move reports to new media.