This topic has been discussed here before. I simple query of the archives
would have yielded the information.

On Linux or Unix NetWorker servers with the NetWorker man pages installed,
one can learn about the open tape format by looking at the nor_data and
mm_data man pages.

On 8/3/2011 3:20 PM, "Goslin, Paul" <pgoslin AT CINCOM DOT COM> wrote:

>I would not use the word 'different' to describe a data format unless I
>was comparing it to something...
> 
> I believe the proper term is 'proprietary' , meaning that the unique
>formatting used by Networker can only really be read / interpreted
>properly by Networker software.
>
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>Subject: [Networker] Data Format in Legato
>
>It is different - Legato calls it OTF (Open Tape Format).
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