RMAN backup to disk vs tape

AIX R 2
Oracle: 10.2.0.4
I have been testing rman backup strategies on a db in noarchivelog (development) using the following command:
(*) note: if db is in noarchivelog then you must do a cold backup - have the db mounted but not opened.
rman> backup database format '/a010/d01/bck/%U'
I have found that rman will backup to disk about 2GB per minute. Now I want to test this to tape to compare metrics.
Question: What configurations does RMAN need to write directly to tape?
What are the backup steps to write to tape? Do I need to specify both the tape channel and also where the format output gets written?
Thanks all.

OK
You need to install the Oracle driver for Tivoli (optionally sold with Tivoli) and install that in your Oracle software tree.
Then you can configure your channels to write to tape (this is documented).
For the rest there is no difference, although there are no directory names.
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA

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