Wanda Prather wrote:
> Subject: AIX support for ERASING a tape
> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 12:20:27 -0600
> From: "Prather, Wanda" <Wanda.Prather AT JHUAPL DOT EDU>
> To: <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>
> Our STK 9840 tape drives are attached to an AIX host.
>
> The 9840 drives support the SCSI DSE command (Data Security Erase).
> DSE has to be issued by software.
>
> Anybody know of a utility I can run on AIX that will let me issue that
> command to a tape drive?
>

tctl -f/dev/rmtX erase

Don't know if it uses the SCSI DSE command, but it would be some sort of
SCSI erase, I suspect.

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