Re: How to erase magstar-Tapes ?

Why not using
/usr/bin/tapeutil
?
<snip>
 General Commands:
    1. Open a Device                  5. Inquiry             9. Log Sense Page
    2. Close a Device                 6. Test Unit Ready    10. Mode Sense Page
    3. Device Info                    7. Reserve Device     11. Release Device
    4. Tape Drive Service Aids        8. Request Sense       Q. Quit Program

 Medium Changer Commands:
   12. Element Information           16. Move Medium
   13. Position To Element           17. Load/Unload Medium
   14. Element Inventory             18. Initialize Element Status
   15. Exchange Medium               19. Prevent/Allow Medium Removal

 Tape Commands:
   20. Query/Set Parameters          30. Read and Write Tests
   21. Prevent/Allow Medium Removal  31. Unload Tape
   22. Rewind                        32. Erase
   23. Erase Gap                     33. Write Filemarks
   24. Forward Space Filemarks       34. Backward Space Filemarks
   25. Forward Space Records         35. Backward Space Records
   26. Space to End of Data          36. Query/Set Tape Position
   27. Log Sense                     37. Read or Write Files
   28. Display Message               38. Query/Create/Change Partition
   29. Synchronize Buffers           39. Report Density Support

Enter Selection: q
<snip>
That seems to fit all your needs.

Cheers,
ku
On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 11:59:20AM +0200, Rainer Wolf wrote:
> Hello All ,
>
> we have a 3494 Library with currently both 3590 drives and 3592 drives.
> Anything is moved now to 3592-tapes and we end using the 3590 - Drives.
> The tsm is no problem -
> Because we want to give the now unused  J-Label(20GB) and K-Label(40GB)
> to another company , I need to erase/zero the data on the old tapes - about 
> 1000  .
> Now my question: is there an efficient way to make the data on those
> old tapes unreadable, but not only by labelling  ?
>
> Has someone done this ?
> I have never done something outside adsm/tsm with the tapes and I think
> it is better done from aix ?
>
> Thanks a lot for any hints
> Rainer
>
>
>
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