"Peter" wrote in message
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"Rob Turk" wrote

What you describe has nothing to do with 'scsi controller wiping out' a
header. It's a condition where the tape drive is powered down during
write,
resulting in an inconsistent tape format. Powering down in the middle of
a
write session is not a good idea for any data recording device.
CompactFlash
can be destroyed by this, CD-RW and DVD-RW is ruined by it, tape drives
end
up with incomplete or inconsistent data formats and harddisks may develop
bad sectors from it. This isn't a VXA flaw, it's a "don't do this" common
sense issue.

Can the tape drive re-write the tape so it can be re-used?

I know from years of using DDS2/DDS3 and now DDS4 that this sort of
thing can make a tape unusable.


Peter.
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Yes it can. You can just insert the tape and start writing if it comes up as
blank, or first erase it if your backup software thinks there's an unknown
format on it.

Rob