Re: View Archive Tapes

Chris Youll wrote: > > Is there a way to view what is on an archive tape created with tbtape -s > to verify if it is a level 0, 1, or 2. tblog -l -d <device> |pg will let > you see what the starting log number is for the backup. > > Thanks, > Chris Youll > Database Administrator > Dillon Companies, Inc > (303)393-4113 > cyoul@dillon.com A long time ago, when we were using about 9 or 10 9-track tapes for a level 0, someone misplaced the last tape of a set before they labelled it. I had to review a number of tapes and simply read them with od -c|more and found I could pick up a fair amount of information, including the number of the tape in the set, from the first page. If you try this you may be able to work out where the level number is. Ian