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Re: [ADSM-L] Destroy Data on 3590 Tapes

2007-04-18 07:04:29
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Destroy Data on 3590 Tapes
From: Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:52:57 -0400
On Apr 18, 2007, at 3:52 AM, Herrmann, Boris wrote:

I've another question. We've got two new 3584 Libraries with 3592
Drives.
Our boss want to sell the old Library 3494 with the all 3590 Tapes
(about 2300). For this reason we've to destory the data on this
tapes. The Library is attached via SCSI to our AIX TSM Server
(Version 5.2.8.0). Does anyone know how we can realize this matter?

We are at a loss how we can do destorying 2300 Tapes with minor
effort.

If your site intends to discard the tapes, have a commercial "data
grater" service crunch them to pieces.

If you want to erase the tapes to transfer ownership, see "Tape,
erase" in ADSM QuickFacts.  There you would perform a batch job to
mount, erase, and unmount each one - a process that can take a long
time.  (Modern tapes cannot be quickly degaussed because of servo
tracks.)

  Richard Sims

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