15.8. Erasing data from tape devices

Prerequisites

1. You have installed the mt-st package. For more information, see Installing tape drive management tool.
2. Data is written to the tape device. For more information, see Writing to rewinding tape devices or Writing to non-rewinding tape devices.

Procedure

1. Erase data from the tape device:

   # mt -f /dev/st0 erase

2. Unload the tape device:

   # mt -f /dev/st0 offline