https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/tape/m-p/4177453#M321966 hi<BR />thanks for reply<BR /><BR />we want congigure the tape for oracle rman back up.<BR />before this we want erase all existing backups.<BR /><BR />thanks<BR />rakesh Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:59:34 GMT rakkesh_1970 2008-04-10T06:59:34Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/tape/m-p/4177451#M321964 hi,<BR />how the tape be formatted on hpux 11.23<BR /><BR />thanks <BR />shabir Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:28:05 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/tape/m-p/4177451#M321964 rakkesh_1970 2008-04-10T06:28:05Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/tape/m-p/4177452#M321965 fomatted for what? what do you want to do with the tape?<BR /><BR />Most OS tools that use tape such as tar/cpio/vxdump/pax/fbackup don't require tapes to be formatted in any way.<BR /><BR />MOst enterprise backup products such as NetBackup, Data Protector or TSM usually want to 'initialise' or 'label' a tape before using it, but even that isn't really 'formatting'.<BR /><BR />What are you trying to acheive?<BR /><BR />HTH<BR /><BR />Duncan Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:31:21 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/tape/m-p/4177452#M321965 Duncan Edmonstone 2008-04-10T06:31:21Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/tape/m-p/4177453#M321966 hi<BR />thanks for reply<BR /><BR />we want congigure the tape for oracle rman back up.<BR />before this we want erase all existing backups.<BR /><BR />thanks<BR />rakesh Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:59:34 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/tape/m-p/4177453#M321966 rakkesh_1970 2008-04-10T06:59:34Z