Hello Steve,
Am 20.04.2025 um 21:58 schrieb Steve McKay <samckay1@xxxxxxxxx>:
The job log might show that the backup completed normally but it won’t show a bad spot on the tape.
For decades, tape drives employ read-after-write verification. Together with the fantastic real-world reliability of LTO, I see manual verification as moot. The time for actual checking might better be invested into a second copy to another backup technique.
Besides, Jerry wasn't talking about tapes, just "backups". ;-)
The need to do a restore is most often less about finding bad spots on tapes, but actually verifying that the data you thought you're backing up is actually backed up. Humans are very prone to assuming instead of verifying. :-)
I have been tricked into this now and then: Create a new library, add objects, and see if your daily savchgobj picks it up. For me (V4R5): No, it doesn't. Didn't check yet, if this is true for newer releases.
:wq! PoC
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