If you know your blocking factor, you can use tar tvfb
## /dev/rmt/whatever.

I believe you have to use mt to fsf past the first
file, as that is the Veritas label.  I've used this
before it definitely works. (at least in 4.5 it did).

If you see your netbackup db files you know it's a
catalog tape.

--- Mike Day <mike.day AT inovis DOT com> wrote:
> What command do I use to read a tapes header ...
> specifically to
> determine if the tape is a catalog tape?  I need to
> try to figure out if
> someone changed some offsite catalog tapes to
> SCRATCH from the console
> without using the script we have to do the two part
> process of
> converting a catalog tape.   
> 
> I just found this error message in my logs "FREEZING
> media id 000132, it
> contains NetBackup database backup data and cannot
> be used for backups"
> and need to look at my 10 or so other frozen tapes
> to see if others were
> also previously used as catalog tapes.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Michael H. Day 
> Inovis Systems Engineer 
> 
> 
> 
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