I have found that Solaris tar has some problems, use either gnu tar or
the tar that comes with nbu

http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/205940.htm

I think this info is in the admin guide as well. 

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> Larsen, Errin M HMMA/IT
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> Hi again, everyone,
> 
>   I've succesfully mounted my tape (thanks Dan), but now I 
> can't seem to figure out how to read the images on it.  Is 
> there a special trick I'm missing?  Can I just use mt and tar 
> commands to get the data off of it?
> 
> --Errin
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