| Title | dmtaperepair |
| Revision | April 1999 |
| Purpose | make new copies of the bitfiles on a damaged tape |
| Package type | script |
| Application area | Utilities |
| Abstract | If a tape gets damaged there is a copy less of each bitfile on this tape. In case of 2 msp's (Media Specific Process) only one copy remains. This increases the likelyhood of data loss dramatically. The program dmtaperepair can be used to - delete the bitfiles the damaged tape contains from the DMF/VOL database in the msp of the damaged tape, - make a new copy of each concerned file in the msp of the damaged tape - and to check the success of these actions. |
| Submittor | Manfred Stolle |
| Contact | Manfred Stolle |
| Phone | +49 30 84185 145 |
| stolle@zib.de | |
| Company/ Institution | Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin |
| CUG Site Code | ZIB |
| Distribution method | WWW |
| URL | http://www.zib.de/rz/backup-service/CUG/dmtaperepair/ |
| Distribution restrictions | none |
| Copyright | not for resale |
| License required | no |
| License fee | n.a. |
| Hardware | CRAY, SGI |
| Operating System | UNICOS, UNICOS/mk, IRIX |
| Compiler(s) | perl5 |
| Program support | when schedule permits |
| Documentation | README file |
| Portability to other UNIX systems | only perl5 is required, the same script can be used for DMF version 2.4 - 2.6 (UNICOS and IRIX) |
| Additional comments | Although dmtaperepair is very easy to handle and robust it is NO PLUG&PLAY tool. The DMF-Administrator is supposed to be familiar with the program prior to the Installation on the DMF server. A wrong installation can cause serious damage!!! |