mtd

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:

$ mtd [options] <tape device name> <tape container name>

Parameters:

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:

$ mtd -l tape1.txt -r 10 /dev/st5 /charon/tapes/tape1.vtape

Tape container to physical tape transfer

Use the following syntax to write the content of a tape container to a physical tape:

$ mtd <tape container name> <tape device name>

Example:

$ mtd /charon/tapes/tape1.vtape /dev/st5

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Tape container formats transfer

Use the following syntax to transfer the CHARON-SMA tape container format to the CHARON-AXP/VAX/PDP one:

$ mtd <SMA tape container name> <AXP/VAX/PDP tape container name>

Example:

$ mtd /charon/tapes/sma_tape.vtape /charon/tapes/axp_tape.vtape

Use the following syntax to transfer the CHARON-AXP/VAX/PDP tape container format to the CHARON-SMA one:

$ mtd -s <AXP/VAX/PDP tape container name> <SMA tape container name>

Example:

$ mtd -s /charon/tapes/axp_tape.vtape /charon/tapes/sma_tape.vtape

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