ADSDI106 3870 LENGTH OF TAPE HEADER DELIVERED BY DSS IS 90
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ADSDI106 3870 LENGTH OF TAPE HEADER DELIVERED BY DSS IS 90

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Article ID: 98411

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Disk Backup and Restore - MVS DISK BACKUP AND RESTORE- ADD-ON OPTIO DISK BACKUP AND RESTORE

Issue/Introduction

With z/OS 2.3, a Ca Disk BACKUPCC get this error:
ADSDI106 3870 LENGTH OF TAPE HEADER DELIVERED BY DSS IS 90
No problems with the same job running under z/OS 2.2

Environment

z/OS 2.3

Cause

Please open a request to IBM to understand why in z/OS 2.3 the tape header length is 90. 
 
Here are the information you can provide to them. 

z/OS 2.2 
ADSDI106 3837 CONCURRENT COPY INITIALIZATION WAS SUCCESSFUL FOR 4 OF 4 DATASETS 
ADSDI106 3777 LWATHDRR= 
               292724CA        00000001 01010022 10108000 00010000  *................* 
               292724DA    +16 0118148F 12135752 80001220 147FF800  *............."8.* 
               292724EA    +32 04200000 00000000 00000000 00000000  *................* 
               292724FA    +48 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  *................* 
               2927250A    +64 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  *................* 
               2927251A    +80 00000000 00000000 0000               *..........      * 
===================================================================================== 
z/OS 2.3 
ADSDI106 3870 LENGTH OF TAPE HEADER DELIVERED BY DSS IS 90 
ADSDI106 3777 LWATHDRR= 
               292724CA        00000001 0101005A 10108002 00010000  *.......!........* 
               292724DA    +16 0118148F 12082141 90001220 1E7FF800  *............."8.* 
               292724EA    +32 04200038 04800000 00000000 7FF80000  *............"8..* 
               292724FA    +48 00000000 00000000 00040000 00000000  *................* 
               2927250A    +64 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  *................* 
               2927251A    +80 00000000 00000000 0000               *..........      * 
====================================================================================== 
  
z/OS 2.2 length is x’22’=d’34’, it is correct length. z/OS 2.3 length is x’5A’=d’90’, It is incorrect length. 
  
The control record ADRTAPB length is 16.
DTHDR length for both 2.2 and 2.3 are same.
The length is x’12’=d’18’. 
Please ask IBM why z/OS 2.3 DTPPFXLN in ADRTAPB is 90. 

Resolution

At this stage no resolution is available. The issue is currently being researched by IBM. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.