LTO Tape

This repository contains information that i found useful while setting up and creating LTO tapes.

Table of Contents

1. Linux

   1. Writing Tapes
   2. Writing Encrypted Tapes
   3. Reading Tapes
   4. Reading Encrypted Tapes
   5. Wiping Tapes
   6. Troubleshooting
   7. Backup Shell Script

2. Windows

   1. Troubleshooting

Linux

Writing Tapes

tar czvf /dev/st0 /home/database

• c creates new tar archive.
• z compresses archive
• v verbose mode.
• /dev/st0 is the tape device
• /home/database is the directory that is being backed up to tape.

Writing Encrypted Tapes

sudo tar cvf - Directory/ | gpg --symmetric --cipher-algo AES256 | sudo dd of=/dev/st0 bs=64k status=progress

Reading Tapes

See files that are stored on the tape.

tar tvf /dev/st0

Restoring to a directory.

tar tvf /dev/st0 -C /PATH/TO/RESTORE/BACKUP

Reading Encrypted Tapes

See file files are stored on the tape.

sudo dd if=/dev/st0 bs=64k | gpg --decrypt | tar xvf -

Wiping Tapes

mt -f /dev/st0 erase

Troubleshooting

dmesg | grep st

lspci

Windows

Iperius

Troubleshooting

xTalk Management Console