[Wylug-help] Tape drive advice

[Darran Rimron]

Steven Dodd wrote:

>>>> Don't forget the cleaning tape.
>>>
> And use it according to the cleaning schedule for the drive, don't
> wait until you can't read your tapes back.  Which brings up another
> bit of good practice.  Periodically restore the tapes back to make
> sure they are readable.

It's good practice to set backups to write+verify -- at least then you
know ASAP if the tape is unreadable...

-ttfn, D