tapes.exe: download

The tool provides following information:

• Lists the installed tape drives

To execute it:

1. Download and extract.
2. Open the Command prompt: Start -> Search -> cmd
3. Navigate to the folder where you have extracted the tool. Use cd command.
4. Run:
   tapes.exe > c:\tapes.txt
5. Collect tapes.txt from C:\ (alternatively you can specify another location when executing the command).

mtx_test.exe: download

The tool provides following information:

• Information about tape drive;
• Information about tape changes
• Information about tape capabilities

 To execute it:

1. Download and extract.
2. Open the Command prompt: Start -> Search -> cmd
3. Navigate to the folder where you have extracted the tool. Use cd command.
4. Run:
   mtx_test.exe > c:\mtx_test.txt
5. Collect mtx_test.txt from C:\ (alternatively you can specify another location when executing the command).

sptd.exe: download

This is an 'Acronis Scsi Pass Through Direct' command-line tool. It provides following functionality:

• Work with scsi devices directly.

Always make sure you don't have any tape with important data in the drive before using this tool!

You can use this tool to check the device for write I/O request error. To execute it:

1. Download and extract.
2. Open the Command prompt: Start -> Search -> cmd
3. Navigate to the folder where you have extracted the tool. Use cd command.
4. The following command example writes a file directly to a tape device with specified settings.
   sptd.exe write_file --file="C:\backup-file.tib" --device_path="\\.\Tape0" --block_size=16384 --rewind=true
   where instead of C:\backup-file.tib you must specify your backup file that has to be more than 15 GB in size; /block_size: is the block size in bytes (16kB, 32kB, 48kB, 64kB). So,  for example in order to try write with 32kb block, you should set /block_size:32768
   If the test is successful, you will see the write speed and the amount of written data, otherwise you will get an error message.
5. To see all options execute:
   sptd.exe help

1. Download for Acronis Backup 11.5/11.7: click here

It saves archives in html format and dumps raw arsm database in text format.

To only save the list of archives to a file in a readable format execute:

C:\arsm_dmldb_dump_tool.exe html > C:\arsm.html

To retrieve information from an ARSM database in an AcronisInfo archive:

1. Stop the Acronis Removable Storage Manager (ARSM) Service;
2. Copy the database to folder (e.g. C:\Users\All Users\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\ARSM\Database);
3. Start the ARSM service;
4. Execute:
   arsm_dmldb_dump_tool.exe

2. Download for Acronis Cyber Backup 12/12.5: click here

This tool dumps raw ASRM database. Execute the following command:

arsm_dmldb_dump_tool.exe database <path_ to_arsm.sqlite>