Rewind Norewind Specifies that the magnetic tape that contains the backup file will be rewound before processing begins. The tape will be initialized according to the Label and Density qualifiers. The Norewind qualifier is the default and causes the backup file to be created starting at the current logical end-of-tape (EOT). The Rewind and Norewind qualifiers are applicable only to tape devices. RMU Backup returns an error message if these qualifiers are used and the target device is not a tape device.