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Description
The "mtd" utility is used to:
- Create a CHARON tape image from a physical tape
- Write a tape image to a physical tape.
Usage is the following:
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Parameters:
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MTD - CHARON Magnetic Tape Dump & Restore utility, Version 2.3 (Build 18302)Copyright (C) 2009-2016 STROMASYS SA. All rights reserved.
Usage: mtd [options] <tape-drive-name> <file-name> - dump tape content to file mtd <file-name> <tape-drive-name> - restore dump to tape mtd <file-name> <file-name> - convert formats mtd <file-name> - examine tape dump and check integrity
<tape-drive-name> - tape drive<file-name> - name of tape container file (.mtd or .vtape)
Options:
-l <file-name> - log file name (.log) -n - do not rewind tape -r <number> - number of attempts to retry failing tape reads -i - ignore failing tape reads (implies -r 0) -p - disable progress reporting -v - enable verbose trace of data transfer (implies -p) -s - output tape image in SMA format -g - gather statistics and print upon completion
Example:
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Tape container to physical tape transfer
Use the following syntax to write the content of a tape container to a physical tape:
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Example:
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