NAME

tapeexercise − exercise a tape drive

SYNOPSIS

tapeexercise [ −v ] devname

DESCRIPTION

The tapeexercise program writes sample data to a tape, and tests to see if positioning and read operations perform as expected.  It needs a write-enabled tape on the indicated (no-rewind) drive.  Tapeexercise should be used with extreme caution.  Successful completion is indicated by a “<test name>: test begin,” “<test name>: test ok” pair for each test that is run.  An example is as follows:

BasicTest: test begin
BasicTest: test ok

OPTIONS

−v Operate in verbose mode. 

devname
The device name of the tape device under test. This should be a non-rewind device, following the local operating system convention.

SEE ALSO

nsrmmd(8), Hardware Compatibility Guide.

LIMITATIONS

The tapeexercise program will generally fail for QIC drives, because these devices do not support all of the functionality assumed by tapeexercise, most importantly, they do not support back-skip-file.  Such devices may work with nsrmmd(8); consult the Hardware Compatibility Guide for a complete list of supported devices. 

NetWorker 4.1.2  —  Last change: May 1995