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Old 08-21-2008
Reading a tape from a StorEdge Autoloader L8.

Does anyone know how to read an LTO tape from this jukebox?
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Old 08-21-2008
What OS?

How was the tape created? tar, cpio, 3rd party utility?
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Old 08-21-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by lochraven
What OS?

How was the tape created? tar, cpio, 3rd party utility?
It's actually on a Solaris 8. Tar
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Old 08-21-2008
You will need to either manually load a tape via the control panel or use a utility such as 'mtx' to load a tape.

Then use tar to list or restore the tape.
ie: # tar tvf /dev/rmt/0
 
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