topic Re: mt stat .... in Operating System - HP-UX

mt stat ....

Manuales — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:19:58 GMT

how can i know size of a tape?

i know is with:

sapd01:/home->mt stat
mt: unknown command "stat"

is there other command to review it?

Thanks, Manuales.

Re: mt stat ....

Geoff Wild — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:24:11 GMT

Try

mt status

Rgds...Geoff

Re: mt stat ....

Rick Garland — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:25:08 GMT

The command is "mt /dev/rmt/0m stat"

The tape device name is arbitrary, only for example in this post. Replace with your tape device name

Re: mt stat ....

Deoncia Grayson_1 — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:26:29 GMT

did you try doing
mt -f /dev/rmt/0mn(tape device name) stat?

Re: mt stat ....

Geoff Wild — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:27:19 GMT

Actually - I think you have to use -f

mt -f /dev/rmt/0mnb status

Set the 0mnb to your device - though 0mnb is the default...so, if yours is the default - you shouldn't need to put in the -f /dev/rmt/0mnb (atleast according to the mt man page).

Rgds...Geoff

Re: mt stat ....

Raj D. — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:27:57 GMT

Hi Manuales ,

You can Check

# mt -f /dev/rmt/0m status

Else if its HP DDS2 or DDS3 or DDS4 or DLT drive you can find out with model number , how much it supports.

http://www.partsurfer.hp.com

Cheers,
Raj.

Re: mt stat ....

Sanjay_6 — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:28:32 GMT

Hi,

Easy answer,

You cannot. Look at the media to check its size.

Hope this helps.

regds

Re: mt stat ....

Oviwan — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:29:25 GMT

Hi

In addition check this:
http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man1/mt.1.html

Regards

Re: mt stat ....

Raj D. — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:34:08 GMT

Hi Manuales,

Else just check the Label of the Tape, you can findit out.:)-

also ,
90 Meter --> 2GB
120 Meter --> 4/8GB Compressed.
125 Meter --> 12GB / 24GB Compressed
150 Meter--> 20GB
170 meter--> 36GB

Cheers,
Raj.

Re: mt stat ....

Manuales — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:53:37 GMT

Hi !!!

sa1:/->mt -f /dev/rmt/0mn stat
mt: unknown command "-f"
sa1:/->mt /dev/rmt/0m stat
mt: unknown command "/dev/rmt/0m"
sa1:/->mt /dev/rmt/0mn stat
mt: unknown command "/dev/rmt/0mn"
sa1:/->mt /dev/rmt/0mb stat
mt: unknown command "/dev/rmt/0mb"

My OS is hp-ux B.10.20 do i nedd some patch or something else?

Manuales.

Re: mt stat ....

Raj D. — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:16:20 GMT

Hi Manuales ,

Use
# mt -t /dev/rmt/0mn status

check the option in man page. Its -t for lower version and in 11.00 or 11i its -f .

Hope this will work ,

Cheers,
Raj

Re: mt stat ....

Raj D. — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:18:33 GMT

Manuales,

To check the device file of tape , here is the command ,

# ioscan -fnC tape

[ And look for your internal or external tape drive with something like /dev/rmt/0m or 1m ..

Hope it will work now.

Cheers,
Raj.

Re: mt stat ....

Bill Hassell — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 22:36:09 GMT

The problem is that you are running an obsolete operating system and the mt command does not have a status option. The man page will also confirm this. For 10.20, you have to look at the tape length to determine it's capacity.