Tape Cartidge

[aique]

Hi, can anybody tell me that how can i see the contents of a tape cartidge in Tru64 unix?

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi,

that depends on the way, it has been written on.
vrestore -tv for tapes written with vdump
tar tv for tapes written with tar
A general way would be
dd if="tapedevice" count=100
This shows what is on tape regardless of format but does not show, if the format is consistent.

greetings,

Michael

[Ivan Ferreira]

As Michael said, it depends of the command used to save the data, vdump, tar, cpio, dd, etc. Normally, vdump or tar will be used. Also, depends of the operating system version, check your version with the following command:

sizer -v

If you version is 4, the tape device should be:

/dev/rmt0h

If the version is 5, the tape device should be

/dev/tape/tape0c

If version 5, you can verify the tape device name using:

hwmgr v d