Why not using
/usr/bin/tapeutil
?
<snip>
General Commands:
1. Open a Device 5. Inquiry 9. Log Sense Page
2. Close a Device 6. Test Unit Ready 10. Mode Sense Page
3. Device Info 7. Reserve Device 11. Release Device
4. Tape Drive Service Aids 8. Request Sense Q. Quit Program
Medium Changer Commands:
12. Element Information 16. Move Medium
13. Position To Element 17. Load/Unload Medium
14. Element Inventory 18. Initialize Element Status
15. Exchange Medium 19. Prevent/Allow Medium Removal
Tape Commands:
20. Query/Set Parameters 30. Read and Write Tests
21. Prevent/Allow Medium Removal 31. Unload Tape
22. Rewind 32. Erase
23. Erase Gap 33. Write Filemarks
24. Forward Space Filemarks 34. Backward Space Filemarks
25. Forward Space Records 35. Backward Space Records
26. Space to End of Data 36. Query/Set Tape Position
27. Log Sense 37. Read or Write Files
28. Display Message 38. Query/Create/Change Partition
29. Synchronize Buffers 39. Report Density Support
Enter Selection: q
<snip>
That seems to fit all your needs.
Cheers,
ku
On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 11:59:20AM +0200, Rainer Wolf wrote:
> Hello All ,
>
> we have a 3494 Library with currently both 3590 drives and 3592 drives.
> Anything is moved now to 3592-tapes and we end using the 3590 - Drives.
> The tsm is no problem -
> Because we want to give the now unused J-Label(20GB) and K-Label(40GB)
> to another company , I need to erase/zero the data on the old tapes - about
> 1000 .
> Now my question: is there an efficient way to make the data on those
> old tapes unreadable, but not only by labelling ?
>
> Has someone done this ?
> I have never done something outside adsm/tsm with the tapes and I think
> it is better done from aix ?
>
> Thanks a lot for any hints
> Rainer
>
>
>
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