Managing your Tapes and Tape Devices

• the basics of device management

• the Device Management window

• getting information about a tape drive and the tape in that drive, including checking the status of a tape drive

• configuring tape groups

• copying the contents of one tape to another tape

• performing various tape maintenance functions, such as formatting, erasing, and retensioning

• changing a tape drive's compression mode

Before you read this chapter, you should read:

• ``Software Basics''