Testing tapes in AIX

[micha]

Hi,

I need to test some tapes witha dedicated FC drive attached to an AIX system. Are there any good tools for AIX that are able to do read/write tests and tell be which tapes are ok and which are not?

Thanks,
Micha

 

[moon-buddy]

Hi,

I need to test some tapes witha dedicated FC drive attached to an AIX system. Are there any good tools for AIX that are able to do read/write tests and tell be which tapes are ok and which are not?

Thanks,
Micha

I haven't come across any native AIX tools for this. There maybe some third party tools.

I believe it would be more cost effective if you had tapes tested by an independent company specializing in this type of work as tools are available to them.

 

[micha]

Thanks for your help. I now have an extra drive attached and will try tapeutil.