Can I create a tape backup that uses Microsoft Tape Format (MTF) on Linux?
2
votes
1
answer
635
views
Outside of [LTFS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_Tape_File_System) , the [Microsoft Tape Format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Tape_Format) seems to be the closest to a widely supported format when it comes to older tape format that don't support LTFS (In my case, Ultrium 3 and 4).
However, while there are [several ways to read MTF tapes on Linux](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/213162/restoring-from-ntbackup-tape) , it seems that nothing creates tapes using it - opting instead of raw use of tar(/cpio/pax) and mt, or "bigger" backup solutions like Bacula/BareOS.
Is my understanding correct that tar really only covers one "archive" on a tape, while MTF is meant to cover the tape as a whole? And if yes, is there a utility on Linux that uses MTF as a tape backup format?
Asked by Michael Stum
(410 rep)
Aug 5, 2019, 07:04 AM
Last activity: May 31, 2022, 02:16 PM
Last activity: May 31, 2022, 02:16 PM