RE: Tape volume usage

["Brendan Bispham" <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wrote a program ages ago that read the labels and multiplied the number of
blocks by the block size. Not sure what happened to it, or even if it
worked, but it should be simple to do.

Perhaps another way would be to analyse the tape volume stats before/after
using the tape - thus catching volume errors as well.
NB Just read the other message - it's in PRTERRLOG volstat


Brendan Bispham



> Does anyone know of a way to see how much of a tape was
> used?
> We are using a variety of devices, 3590, 3570, various 1/4"
> cartridges, and more.  And we want to know when a tape is
> getting
> close to full.  This way we can either make sure there is
> another
> one in the autoloader, reduce the quantity saved during the
> night
> or take other appropriate actions.

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