Re: [Networker] Tape erase ?

Jason,

Even though your message is 3 months old I thought a reply might be worth it
to someone.

We created a file with 512 X in it ( 8 lines of 64 characters each ). Lets
call the file data.
Now load the tape to be erased and run the following commands.

mt -f /dev/rmt/zcbn  rewind     (z = device number)
tar -cvf /dev/rmt/zcbn data
mt -f /dev/rmt/zcbn  rewind

An inventory of this media now only takes about 10 seconds and there are no
errors as a result
of the "erasing".


>  -----Original Message-----
> From:         "Jason Heller"
> <jason.heller AT HARLEY-DAVIDSON DOT COM>@INTERNET@HHC
> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 5:30 PM
> To:   NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject:      Tape erase ? - long vs. short
>
>
> First of all, wow has it been a long time since I've been here.  I miss
> it,
> in a twisted kind of way!  I might be around a lot again soon though as I
> ramp up upgrading my environment again...
>
> I have approx. 50 DLT IV tapes that were used for some backup testing.
> All
> were written to with a DLT8000 drive on a Win2k server.  Some were written
> to with Networker 6.x, but others with Veritas NetBackup and CommVault
> Galaxy.
>
> If I want to re-use these tapes successfully in my UNIX (Solaris)-based
> backup server, can I just re-label?  Shoud I use the erase or mt command
> to
> rewrite the tape first?
>
> I'm assuming I should at least do an erase, but I'd like some input:  will
> the short erase be sufficient, or will I need to perform a long/full tape
> erase?
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
>
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Re: [Networker] Tape erase ? - long vs. short
