RE: Do I get this right ?

[Carey Jung]

>
> > when I do amcheck and no error are reported, can I trust it 100 %
> > that the backup will work?
>
> Well, there's always Murphy's law :-)
>

amcheck doesn't, by default, try to write to the tape.  It just reads the
label.  If, for example, the write-protect tab is set on today's tape,
amcheck will succeed, but the backup will fail.  (Actually, if you've got
sufficient holding disk space, only the flush will fail.)

Carey