Installing HP-UX 11.0 and Updating HP-UX 10.x to 11.0 HP 9000 Computers Edition 1

192 Chapter 7
Troubleshooting
During Installation and Configuration of Ignite-UX Tools and Data
Failure reading the
contents of the tape (cont.).
Bad/wrong tape. Verify label on tape.
Check the contents. SD
tapes are in "tar"
format. You can check
whether the tape is a
"tar" tape by typing the
following command:
tar tvf device_file | more
Enter
For example, if the tape
device is /dev/rmt/0m,
you would type:
tar tvf /dev/rmt/0m \
| more Enter
You should see a "tar"
format table of contents.
If you do not see this,
then the tape is corrupt.
Failure reading the
contents of the tape (cont.).
Dirty head in DDS
tape drive.
Use a DDS tape cleaning
cartridge to clean the
tape head.
Message(s) or Behavior Possible Cause Fix