https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/automated-backups/m-p/2415853#M764693 How do we verify whether the automated backups are appending the tape and not <BR />over writing the backups done during the previous days? Mon, 08 Nov 1999 07:56:01 GMT Alex Patel 1999-11-08T07:56:01Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/automated-backups/m-p/2415853#M764693 How do we verify whether the automated backups are appending the tape and not <BR />over writing the backups done during the previous days? Mon, 08 Nov 1999 07:56:01 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/automated-backups/m-p/2415853#M764693 Alex Patel 1999-11-08T07:56:01Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/automated-backups/m-p/2415854#M764694 The depends of course on the backup utility you use. For fbackup for instance <BR />you could write a script that reads the header of the tape (frecover -V <BR />filename) and check the contents of the fields in "filename". <BR /> Mon, 08 Nov 1999 08:54:01 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/automated-backups/m-p/2415854#M764694 Paul Heffels_1 1999-11-08T08:54:01Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/automated-backups/m-p/2415855#M764695 You could try and attempt a restore!<BR />You wouldn't believe how many backup are empty and/or unusable... Sat, 13 Nov 1999 08:04:00 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/automated-backups/m-p/2415855#M764695 Ralf Hildebrandt_1 1999-11-13T08:04:00Z