Check weather correctly mounted the tape driver to OS
cat /proc/scsi/scsi
vendor details are listed if properly configured.You can see that with
Check the status of the tape
mt –f /dev/st0 status or mt –f /dev/st1 status
ps : If mt command does not work you want to install mt-st-0.9b-2.2.2.x86_64.rpm rpm.
other possible commands
for tape
mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
mt -f /dev/st0 erase
mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
mt -f /dev/st0 lock //while copying to the disk if somebody ejects it
mt -f /dev/st0 unlock
Copying Files to tape drive
tar –cvzf /dev/st0 /u01/app/rman
mt –f /dev/st0 unlock
mt –f /dev/st0 eject
