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Re: [Networker] How to mark a tape full?

2011-09-07 21:57:07
Subject: Re: [Networker] How to mark a tape full?
From: "STANLEY R. HORWITZ" <stan AT TEMPLE DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 01:55:52 +0000
George,

Just curious, but why would you care if a tape at 100% of the estimated 
capacity is marked full or not? If you want to prevent a piece of tape media 
from being written to, you can always mark it as read only in NMC.

On Sep 7, 2011, at 8:46 PM, George Sinclair wrote:

> Is there a way to mark a tape full (%used 'mminfo' value)?
> 
> I think if a volume is reported as full, and I use nmc to change the mode to 
> 'Appendable' (Media->Volumes->Select volume->Change Mode->Appendable), 
> NetWorker will change its '%used' value back to 100%. Any way to change it 
> back to full again?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> George
> 
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