New in V3.0: Administration// Command Line Tape Tools - Bulk Format

Location of Command Line Tape Tools

Tape tools are accessible via command line (Terminal access) on each archive manager. Tape tools cannot be run from an archive client.

On Mac:

• Open Terminal
• “cd /Applications/StorageDNA/accessDNA.app/Contents/MacOS/”
• Here you will find tape_validate (bulk verify tool), format_changer (bulk format tool), ltfs_import (bulk import tool), ltfs_copy (bulk duplicate tool)

On Linux:

• Open Terminal on desktop or ssh to server
• “cd /opt/sdna/bin”
• Here you will find tape_validate (bulk verify tool), format_changer (bulk format tool), ltfs_import (bulk import tool), ltfs_copy (bulk duplicate tool)

Bulk Format

In some circumstances, it may be required to format multiple tapes in an autoloader with the LTFS format. This script will provide in an easy way to perform this repetitive task.

• Once in the scripts directory, type “./format_changer.sh –help” for instructions on how to run the bulk formatter
• Examples:
  • To format a new setup of tapes that have not been previously formatted
    • ./format_changer.sh –tape st0 DNA001 DNA002 DNA003
    • The above will use device 0 to format the three tapes in the autoloader with the serials DNA001, DNA002 and DNA003. You can only format tapes that are in the autoloader or drive.
  • To re-format an existing set of tapes, use the above command with the –force flag.