Managing Tape Drives Tasks

This chapter describes how to manage tape drives in the Oracle Solaris OS.

This is a list of the information in this chapter:

• Choosing Which Media to Use

• Backup Device Names

• Displaying Tape Drive Status

• Handling Magnetic Tape Cartridges

• Guidelines for Drive Maintenance and Media Handling

This is a list of the step-by-step instructions in this chapter.

• How to Display Tape Drive Status

• Retensioning a Magnetic Tape Cartridge

• Rewinding a Magnetic Tape Cartridge