On Sat, 12 Apr 2008, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
Scott R. Ehrlich wrote:
Hello to all:
I have an Overland tape library connected, via SCSI card, to an out-of-box,
full install of CentOS 5 install on an old PC.
I have a script that uses tar to archive data to tape and mtx to change
tapes. What I don't know, if possible, is to obtain the status of how much
tape is left in the drive. If I get a write failure, I'd like to know if
the tape is bad or has run out of space.
I know of bacula, amanda, and other backup methods, but I prefer to use the
simplest options possible, mainly because if a hard drive failure occurs,
which has happened at the last minute, I can take the original CentOS 5
media from CD, install it, and get back up and running in no time.
So, any way to inquire remaining tape status and [estimated] capacity?
Thanks.
Scott
Have you looked at the mt command from the mt-st package?
Yes I have. I guess I should look into playing with its eom option.
Additional insights always welcome.
Thanks.
Scott
Mikkel
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