> So you can not remove a single saveset from tape?  That is unfortunate!

You generally can't remove data from the middle of a tape.

Almost all consumer-grade devices will not allow you to read anything
past the last write on the tape.  So any attempt to overwrite something
in the middle of a volume will cause everything past that point to
become inaccessible.  

> One issue that I have experienced with my SUN installation is volumes that 
> have an aborted saveset on them, do not automatically recycle.  All the 
> other savesets show recyc, but the aborted ss remains in the aborted state 
> and does not recycle the tapes.  (NetWorker 6.1.3.Build.428 Power 
> Edition/60)

Is the aborted saveset not also expired/recyclable?  Usually they will
be marked recyclable immediately.  

On the volume are there any savesets that are not currently recyclable?

/usr/sbin/mminfo -av -q 'volume=<vol>,!ssrecycle' -r 
'volume,client,ssflags,ssretent,volretent'

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Darren Dunham                                           ddunham AT taos DOT com
Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS            http://www.taos.com/
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