Restoring tapes

I have several tapes that I'm tring to restore. They were created with Backup Express. I know that the format used was "System Independent Data Format" is there any commands that can be used to restore these without using Backup Express?

Syncsort does have a utility to read Backup Express tapes directly (without a master server). This utility is known as bexrt (Backup Express Read Tape). You can either contact the company that supplied these tapes to you to get a copy of this utility or if you still need further assistance, please contact our support center at (201) 930-8280.

BEXRT <options> destination_disk destination_directory

The various options that can be specified are:

-h
--help
Displays syntax help information and exits
-b
--blocksize <KBsize> Specifies the block size in KB used to process tape data blocks.
Default: 32. Minimum: 32. Maximum: 1024.

-d
--debug <n>

Sets debug level to <n>
-f
--file <pathname> Specifies the full path name to the file to be used to write utility report messages.
Default: STDOUT

-I
--Include <pattern>

Specifies the pattern to be used in selecting files to be restored.
Default: None
-l
--list Enables list mode processing. No files are restored

-n
--numblocks <blockcount>

Restricts the utility to processing <blockcount> blocks in the current partition.
Default: 0 (All blocks are processed)
-p
--partition <partitionnum> Specifies partition number at which to begin processing.
Default: 1. (0 => process all partitions on the tape starting at partition 1)

-r
--record <recordnum>
Specifies the record (block) number within the current partition at which to start processing.
Default: 0 (Start at first data block in the partition)

-s
--scan Enables scan mode processing. No files are restored.

-t
--tapefile <devicefilename>
Specifies the name of the device file that is to be used to access the tape.
Default: tapefile. (eg. Unix: /dev/rmt/tps0d6v; NT: .tape0)

-v
--version Displays the program version number and exits.

-w
-workdirectory
For Netware, specifies the working directory tree root name. There must be a subdirectory named LOGS within this directory. Default: SYS:/

Thanks for the info on bexrt. It was very helpful and I was able to locate a the tape. Is there and switched in bexrt that allows you to read the second tape of a backup.