MTX

MTX is a set of low level driver programs to control features of SCSI backup related devices such as autoloaders, tape changers, media jukeboxes, and tape drives.

MTX can also report much data, including serial numbers, maximum block sizes, and TapeAlert messages that most modern tape drives implement (to tell you the exact reason why a backup or restore failed), as well as do raw SCSI WRITE and READ commands to ta

MTX is designed to be a low level driver in a larger scripted backup solution, such as Amanda. mtx is not supposed to itself be a high level interface to the SCSI devices that it controls.

Here are some key features of "MTX":