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System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems

Handling Magnetic Tape Cartridges

If errors occur when a tape is being read, you can retension the tape, clean the tape drive, and then try again.

How to Retension a Magnetic Tape Cartridge

Retension a magnetic tape cartridge with the mt command.

For example:


$ mt -f /dev/rmt/1 retension
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Note –

Do not retension non-QIC tape drives.

How to Rewind a Magnetic Tape Cartridge

To rewind a magnetic tape cartridge, use the mt command.

For example:


$ mt -f /dev/rmt/1 rewind
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