Use of cta-readtp and tape data recovery

General Discussion
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Hi,

Can you please clarify how the -f option in the cta-readtp command need to be specified so we can write the tape files to copies on the local host (e.g. in /tmp/ ir anywhere else)?

Assuminng we can write these files to another tape (using dd), is an UPDATE of all these files in the CTA Catalogue with the new VID going to get these files “moved” to this new tape?

We have a tape which has its label missing (for some reason or anotehr…) and cannot therefore be mounted on a drive. We contacted Spectra and they said they dont have a process for tape recovery in this case.

Thanks,

George

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The file you specify with the -f contains the path of where you want the data to go

Tim