Flash archive to tape

I would like to make flash archive to tape device.
But the following 'flarcreate' command failed.
' flarcreate -n archivetry1 -H -c -t /dev/rmt/0'
where archivetry1 is just the name of archive
/dev/rmt/0 is tape device just attached.
Solaris version is 8
Is there someone who knows the correct format of this command.

Further trial with another command like 'mt -f /dev/rmt/0 erase' reported media error.
So after replacing tape media, 'flarcreate -n archive1 -N -t /dev/rmt/0' was successfully completed.
However, restore operation failed with dump as of now.
Is this command format of flash archive creation correct?

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