Tapecopy doesn't merge information automatically, you can use the -g switch to achieve this. The easiest way for tapecopy is to copy to blank media, when using formatted tapes you MUST enter tape name, random id and sequence number (it's hard to script this). With tapecopy ARCserve copies the *.CTF files directly to tape so for ARCserve it doesn't matter whether the data resides on disk or tape media. When backing up to tape exactly the same happens but you cannot 'read' tapes the way you read disks so the *.ctf structure is not visible for users. When you restore a file or folder ARCserve extracts information out of the *.ctf files The *.CTF files, in fact, are archive files. Although its likely, that some file extensions may be missing from the list of associated file extensions with the application, yet they can be opened, be part of, or otherwise be associated with the program. ctf file contains backup of case sensitive data from corporate computers used to restore them after system crashes, malware attacks etc. When formatting media ARCserve writes a header to be able to read the tape, this is the HEADER.CTF fileįor each session ARCserve backs up there is a J0000XXX.CTF file. File extension ctf is associated with the ARCserve Backup data backup and recovery solution for large companies and corporations. Once you understand the principle behind it it's very easy to understand:

Arcserve ctf file extractor