In order to configure a tape for the OS, you need the transport driver, and the tape
devices configured appropriately. This will happen automatically assuming they
are cabled in correctly and have no SCSI id conflicts.

For details, refer to the answer to the question

"How do I know what tape drivers I

am using at the moment, and what drivers do I need for running tape backups?"

identifying the SCSI tape drive target

If you wish to check that the drive you have present is seen by the operating
system, examine the boot-time output with dmesg. Enter the command:

% dmesg | more

and look for a message like:

st0: …..

which identifies a SCSI tape target. Tapes are numbered sequentially as found by
the OS starting at 0.

/dev/stX

Rewinding SCSI tape device X

/dev/nstX

Non-rewinding SCSI tape device X

The no-rewind device is used to create multiple archives on one tape. Normally
after running a backup command to the tape device, the tape driver will rewind the
media to the start of tape.

The no-rewind device leaves the media positioned just after the filemark written
after the end of the previous backup session. This then allow multiples backups
on the same piece of media.

next question

Go to the next question

"How do I tell if my tape driver and drivers are correctly

set up?"

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Surestore DLT VS80 Tape Drive