Re: Is the loaded tape initialized?

[Jim Essinger <dilbernator@xxxxxxxxx>]

As others have said CHKTAP will do it.  I have a job on the scheduler that
runs every Friday at 2:00 PM.  If there is no tape loaded in the library,
then it sends an email message with that message to the support people, of
which I am one.  In our case, if the library has the first tape loaded, then
the rest of the week is good to go.

Jim

On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Sam_L <lennon_s_j@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Is there a way in a program to check if the tape in the tape drive is
> initialized?  Backup failed really early in the morning because someone
> failed to initialize a new tape when they loaded it into the MLB.  The
> guy on support just hates to get woken up...
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