A DSE erase command has no system overhead. You issue the command and the internal drive workings recognize it as an erase dataset and it will not destroy the label of the tape. It will stop at the file mark if I remember correctly.
-----Original Message----- From: PINNI, BALANAND (SBCSI) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 7:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: AIX support for ERASING a tape 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] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
