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> 
> if I am writing multiple dumps to a single tape, is it wise to have mt
> write a setmark after dumping each file system?

We write multiple dumps to tapes and never write extra marks.
Dump writes a file mark and that is plenty as far as I know.
It has been plenty for us.   Many restores have worked fine
on many different machines.

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