Hi,
15.08.2008 09:58, Nils Blanck-Wehde wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I just found some very old LTO1-tapes that were written years ago with
> CA's ARCserve.
> I have a compatible streamer somewhere that I could connect to a linux-box.
> I was wondering, which information about those tapes I can retrieve with
> btape (or other linux tools).
With btape probably nothing (unless, perhaps, ARCserve uses IBM/ANSI
tape labels, in which case you might get the tape label printed). I
doubt that, though.
> It would be especially interesting to see
> when the tapes were written and how much data is on the tape. I do not
> need to actually restore any data, I was just curious what's on those tapes.
> Is something like this even possible?
I'd try to dd the first file of the tape and pipe it through hexdump
or od. You might see some clear-text data, and perhaps playing with
different encoding (like EBCDIC) and byte-orders reveals a bit more.
> I don't know whether there is a
> standard for labels on tapes or if tapes contain something like a TOC
> that can be read by any application.
No, not really... there are ANSI tape labels defined, but those are
not used by all backup systems. You mainly find them in mainframe/host
environments.
All the software I know uses proprietary tape formats, though
sometimes, behind the scenes, tar or dump is used.
Good luck!
Arno
>
> Best regards, Nils
>
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