Re: Destroy Data on 3590 Tapes

IIRC, the (analog) servo track on the 3590 is written by a special purpose device by the media maker, not the drive. So degaussing a tape makes it unusable for writing to again. (And worthless to anyone who would buy it.) You may be able to hack up a script to use tapeutil to mount the ta

Re: Destroy Data on 3590 Tapes

Herrmann, Boris wrote: > > I've another question. We've got two new 3584 Libraries with 3592 Drives. > Our boss want to sell the old Library 3494 with the all 3590 Tapes > (about 2300). For this reason we've to destory the data on this tapes. > The Library is attached via SCSI to our AIX TSM Server

Re: Destroy Data on 3590 Tapes

Super magnet or Sledge hammer Thats about the only way. You could write junk data to them but it takes at least 8 passes to really clean them. If you have encryption on then you have nothing to worry about. Herrmann, Boris wrote: Hi all, I've another question. We've got two new 3584 Libr

Re: Destroy Data on 3590 Tapes

On Apr 18, 2007, at 3:52 AM, Herrmann, Boris wrote: I've another question. We've got two new 3584 Libraries with 3592 Drives. Our boss want to sell the old Library 3494 with the all 3590 Tapes (about 2300). For this reason we've to destory the data on this tapes. The Library is attached via SCSI

Destroy Data on 3590 Tapes

Hi all, I've another question. We've got two new 3584 Libraries with 3592 Drives. Our boss want to sell the old Library 3494 with the all 3590 Tapes (about 2300). For this reason we've to destory the data on this tapes. The Library is attached via SCSI to our AIX TSM Server (Version 5.2.8.0).