Checking the integrity of a tape (tapechk command)
Use the tapechk command to perform rudimentary consistency checking on an attached streaming tape device.
Some hardware malfunctions of a streaming tape drive can be detected by simply reading a tape. The tapechk command provides a way to perform tape reads at the file level.
For
example, to check the first three files on a streaming tape device, type the
following:
tapechk 3