Just try to overwrite Junk data by that it will get erased if not able to erase manually by cmd.
-----Original Message----- From: Kliewer, Vern [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 11:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: AIX support for ERASING a tape Wanda Prather wrote: > Subject: AIX support for ERASING a tape > Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 12:20:27 -0600 > From: "Prather, Wanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 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. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Werner (Vern) Kliewer Sr. ITS Analyst Mid-Range Support Manitoba Public Insurance (204)-985-7745 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
