Tape Drives

[Dave Hartman]

Hi,
Does anyone know how to determine the space available on a tape drive. I can't find a way to use something like "df -b" or "bdf".

If anyone has any ideas that would be great.

Thanks.

[Anthony Goonetilleke]

If you are using Omniback you can go into the media section and it will tell you if the tape is in a pool already. But df(bdf) commands work on block disk devices.

[Carlos Fernandez Riera]

Hi all:

Here is my prefered program, made by myself, to get a full control of DDS-drive status .

Of course it absolutely UNSUPPORTED. It only works with Single Ended Scsi.

I sugest try it first not in a productive environment.

By default gets /dev/rmt/0mn status, and sintax is ./dat3 /dev/rmt/xxn.

You must compile in each box.


Good luck.

HTH

[Carlos Fernandez Riera]

Hi all:

Here is my prefered program, made by myself, to get a full control of DDS-drive status .

Of course it absolutely UNSUPPORTED. It only works with Single Ended Scsi.

I sugest try it first not in a productive environment.

By default gets /dev/rmt/0mn status, and sintax is ./dat3 /dev/rmt/xxn.

You must compile in each box.


Good luck.

HTH