On 19/07/2012, at 8:06 PM, Davina Treiber wrote:

> On 19/07/12 10:42, Manel Rodero Blanquez wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> ;-) Yes, I know the cause of the abort saveset because it was a failover
>> problem of the library.
>> 
>> I can use another tape, because yes, they are cheap ... but this tape is
>> an LTO4 tape with only 1% of data on it and I would like to be able to
>> add more data to it without adding another tape, another tape number, etc.
> 
> If it's only 1% full it would be simple to stage the data off and
> relabel it, as suggested by others.

Completely agree. Move the saveset off. Then, if you're really desperate to 
keep the tape, do a full end-to-end write of it before you use it to write more 
data to it.

Given the cost of tapes, just simply marking a tape as appendable after 
NetWorker has flagged it as full due to a write error is a risky decision in 
terms of long-term preservation of recoverability.

Cheers,
Preston.