Before you use these options, especially the destructive ones (formatting and erasing), make sure you have the right tape drive selected. Also, make sure you have the tape you want to use in the tape drive.
You must have Queue Operator privileges (through SCO ARCserve/Open's Queue Manager) before you can format or erase tapes. Refer to ``Managing Jobs and the Job Queue'' for more information.
The rest of this section shows you how to use the options listed above.