Geoff, What you will need to do is offline a 3590 in TSM so it'll be available from the OS. It's been a while, so I don't recall if you will also have to delete it or not. Talk to your 3494 library manager to mount the tape in the available drive. (When I last used one the library manager was OS2, and we couldn't remote control it. I would have had to walk over there. I don't know how that works nowadays, though.) Use the /usr/bin/dd command to write over the tape.
With my STK 9310 silo, it'd be about the same except I don't have to delete/offline the drive in TSM because there are no defined devices in TSM. I'd have ACSLS mount the tape in a drive, then pipe a bunch of 1's, 0's, or a random mix of 1's and 0's into dd. Alex Paschal Storage Administrator Freightliner, LLC (503) 745-6850 phone/vmail -----Original Message----- From: Gill, Geoffrey L. [mailto:GEOFFREY.L.GILL@;SAIC.COM] Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 9:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Overwriting Tapes outside of TSM I'm just looking for a way to satisfy someone if the requirement is put upon me. If it can't be done the tapes will have to be replaced. Just trying to save a lot of money if possible. Geoff Gill TSM Administrator NT Systems Support Engineer SAIC E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (858) 826-4062 Pager: (877) 905-7154 > -----Original Message----- > From: Kauffman, Tom [mailto:KauffmanT@;NIBCO.COM] > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 8:35 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Overwriting Tapes outside of TSM > > Geoffrey, I'd have to question the reason behind the requirement. > > If this is to be done to a tape (or set of tapes) prior to relabeling and > using them as scratch in the same library then I'd question why they were in > the library in the first place. > > If this is to be done prior to removing and disposing of the tapes, then > much time, effort, and wear on machines can be saved by applying a 5-pound > sledge-hammer to the tape, followed with a hot wire or hot knife to the tape > afterward. The resale value of used 3590E tape is not high enough to make > secure erasure worth while.
