SCSI Compatibility Issues Under Mac OS X
SCSI Compatibility Issues Under Mac OS X TOLIS Group has done testing on a lot of different SCSI cards for Mac OS X systems. From our testing, we have found that ATTO and Acard are the only...
View ArticleHow can I test to see if my tape drive/library is operating properly under...
Troubleshooting Your Devices Under Mac OS X If your tape drive or library is not functioning properly, this can cause the BRU interface to report what appear to be odd errors. Since BRU uses OS X's...
View ArticleHow do I control tape devices with tapectl(tm)?
Controlling Tape Drives - tapectl Tape drives control their media in one of two manners - rewinding mode and non-rewinding mode. In rewinding mode, the media is opened, if the media is not at its...
View ArticleHow do I control my tape library with the libctl (tm) command on Mac OS X?
Controlling a Tape Library - libctl A tape library allows you to automate the use of multiple tapes and even multiple tape drives without direct user intervention. Tape libraries are often referred to...
View ArticleOS X Standard I/O Streams
OS X Standard IO Streams – a One Page Primer Under Mac OS X, reading or writing data on a tape requires either a ‘tape aware’ application such as TOLIS Group’s BRU, or a utility that can read the raw...
View ArticleHow do I use the 'taperead' command?
Reading a tape with taperead The taperead utility reads the raw data from a tape and provides it as standard output to be used by whatever utility that you wish to pipe it to. For example, to read a...
View ArticleHow do I use the 'tapecopy' command to copy a tape?
Duplicate Tapes with tapecopy The tapecopy utility allows you to duplicate tapes in 2 tape drives. The tape in the first listed drive is read and its contents are written in the same format to the tape...
View ArticleHow do I write to a tape with the 'tapewrite' command?
Writing a tape with tapewrite In much the same manner that taperead will read a raw data stream from a tape, tapewrite will accept a raw data stream from another application’s standard output and write...
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