On 25/09/12 09:08, Jeremy Maes wrote: > > The tape and/or drive should record the margin and other figures, but I don't > know of any Linux tools to read that information. > > The tools depend on the brand. For HP drives ltt is nice and works > flawlessly on linux command-line. It reports drive errors, tape errors > for the past 4 tapes, tape and drive margin, and a lot of other info. > http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/ltt/ > > I know IBM has their own tool (ITDT), but as far as I know there is no > command-line version of their tool. > > Other brands, no clue.
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