It uses a 1024 byte ANSI label. You don't say what kind of system you have, but if it is UNIX you can dd bs=1024 if=/dev/rmt/xxxxx | od -c to see what it looks like.
Regards, Patrick Whelan From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 September 2007 10:07 To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] label question Dear all, I have a question for the backup group: When NetBackup starts writing to a new tape, what label format does it use? In particular, do you know if it writes an ANSI or IBM label, or if it just uses a NetBackup-specific label? Rgds Abhishek
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