Command to get tape capacity status?
Scott R. Ehrlich
scott at MIT.EDU
Sat Apr 12 14:26:52 UTC 2008
On Sat, 12 Apr 2008, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Scott R. Ehrlich wrote:
>> Hello to all:
>>
>> I have an Overland tape library connected, via SCSI card, to an out-of-box,
>> full install of CentOS 5 install on an old PC.
>>
>> I have a script that uses tar to archive data to tape and mtx to change
>> tapes. What I don't know, if possible, is to obtain the status of how much
>> tape is left in the drive. If I get a write failure, I'd like to know if
>> the tape is bad or has run out of space.
>>
>> I know of bacula, amanda, and other backup methods, but I prefer to use the
>> simplest options possible, mainly because if a hard drive failure occurs,
>> which has happened at the last minute, I can take the original CentOS 5
>> media from CD, install it, and get back up and running in no time.
>>
>> So, any way to inquire remaining tape status and [estimated] capacity?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Scott
>>
> Have you looked at the mt command from the mt-st package?
>
Yes I have. I guess I should look into playing with its eom option.
Additional insights always welcome.
Thanks.
Scott
> Mikkel
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