Re: Ultrium 4 Tape Initialization -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Ultrium 4 Tape Initialization
From: Lukas Beeler <lukas.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 21:44:01 +0200
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On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 20:57, Robert Ostrowski
<Bob.Ostrowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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

You can't empty a tape. CLEAR *YES will just overwrite it with zeroes
(or random data. I have no clue.).

INZTAP with CLEAR *NO will logically clear the tape - i.E. the OS will
see it as empty. From that point on, you can overwrite the past backup
with the new backup.

All CLEAR *YES will do is make your tapes and your drive break sooner.

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