TapeDrive.md

Common utils

apt install lsscsi sg3-utils mtx mt-st sysstat

Change tape script

#!/bin/bash
answer=""
while [ "$answer" != "done" ]; do
    read -p "Current tape is full. Please insert a new tape and answer 'done' to continue or press Ctrl+C to stop >> " answer
done

Set compression and clean tape

mt defcompression 0; mt rewind; mt erase 0; mt compression 0; mt status

erase 0 = quick erase / erase or erase 1 = long erase

Backup

tar --verbose --totals --create --multi-volume --blocking-factor=2048 --new-volume-script="/home/whc/tape_change.sh" --file=/dev/nst0 ...

View write speed

tapestat --human 1