On 25/09/12 09:08, Jeremy Maes wrote:
>
> The tape and/or drive should record the margin and other figures, but I don't 
> know of any Linux tools to read that information.
>
> The tools depend on the brand. For HP drives ltt is nice and works
> flawlessly on linux command-line. It reports drive errors, tape errors
> for the past 4 tapes, tape and drive margin, and a lot of other info.
> http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/ltt/
>
> I know IBM has their own tool (ITDT), but as far as I know there is no
> command-line version of their tool.
>
> Other brands, no clue.

Smartctl gives some usable information on each tape - certainly enough 
to assess if it's bad or not.






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