View tape backup files on RHEL5 Operating System

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I have an AIX server with a tape Library residing on it. I intend to restore the data backed up to the tape on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

First , i would want to view the contents of the tape on RHEL 5(x86) but seems to be giving an input output error.
I observed that if i backup to tape on AIX, i can only view the contents of my backup on the AIX server same applies to Linux.

I wish to be able to view contents of the backup done on AIX to tape on my RHEL 5(x86) which i use in accessing the tape library remotely and vice versa.

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Tnx for the post.

I did not use any software to write to the tape. I made use of the tar command to write to the tape on AIX Server.

The backup command used was "tar cvf /dev/rmt2 /mybackup

Now viewing the tape from the RHEL5 (x86) server gives input /output error using the command: tar tvf optimum@10.0.0.1: /dev/rmt2
Error: Cannot open: Input/output error
tar:Error is not recoverable: exiting now
where 10.0.0.1 is the IP address of the AIX server :(Note not real IP address)

I also tried the following command: tar tvf /dev/rmt2
Error: tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Hope to get the feedback soonest. Tnx

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