Re: Ultrium 4 Tape Initialization

INZTAP CLEAR(*YES) means clear the tape's directory and write *ZEROS
to the entire tape

INZTAP CLEAR(*NO) means clear the tape's directory, but don't bother
to write *ZEROS to the entire tape as I'm getting ready to overwrite
it anyways.

The system considers the tape empty with INZTAP CLEAR(*NO). However
with the right hardware/software data could be still be retrieved from
the tape.

You really only need CLEAR(*YES) if you're selling old tapes to somebody.

Charles

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Robert Ostrowski
<Bob.Ostrowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Using CLEAR *NO would leave data on the tape wouldn't it?  We want an
empty tape each night to back up on.



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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Ostrowski
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 9:20 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Ultrium 4 Tape Initialization

Anyone know how long it takes an Ultruim 4 tape to initialize?
On a new 8203 with the built in tape drive (type 5746).  I've been
sitting here for almost
2 hours and it still initializing.  Maybe I'm just too impatient...
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