You're kidding me!  That is awesome and hilarious.  CA has a utility to read
NBU tapes, and that utility works better than NBU's tar command.  What's up
with THAT?  We've got to get this into the FAQ.

Joh, would you do the honors, since you pointed it out?
http://www.storagemountain.com/faqs.html

> the first file is a tape label, every other files are 
> backups. NBU uses a modified gnu tar (1.09). You can read non 
> multiplexed backups with gtar. For multiplexed backups you 
> can e.g. look for unbtar from computer associates 
> http://support.ca.com/ca_common_docs/veritas_t> ape_reader.html