overwrite on the tape ?

[Mousa55]

Hello
how to overwrite on the tape by using this command
make_tape_recovery -I x inc_entire=vg00 -a /dev/rmt/0mn

what is added to this command to perform the overwrite on the tape and where?

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
I'm not sure what you mean. The make_tape _recovery will overwrite your tape.
Could you please provide further details.

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[Mousa55]

Hello

i have utilized tapes i want to overwrite on it.

this command " make_tape_recovery -I x inc_entire=vg00 -a /dev/rmt/0mn " command only perform this operation

thanks

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
if you just want to overwrite a tape, you could use the dd command. See "man dd"

[OldSchool]

any command that writes to the tape will "overwrite" if the tape is rewound when inserted in the drive.

if you are saying that the tape was initially created w/ the ignite command in your post, simply re-run ignite

[Bill Hassell]

Not clear what you want to accomoplish. Do you want to destroy the current data on the tape so no one else can use it? If so, just use dd and copy a few hundred records from your primary swap disk to the tape. If you want to re-use the tape, just run make_tape_recovery and it will write over everything on the tape.

[Sp4admin]

Hi,

You should be able to write over any data thats on the tape. Make you have the "write protection" tab on the tape closed.

sp,