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[Veritas-bu] Labeling Tapes

2000-02-15 10:10:12
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Labeling Tapes
From: Robert Bakh bbakh AT veritas DOT com
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 07:10:12 -0800
DO NOT BPLABEL THEM!

Ok now that, that is out of the way.  bplabel would write over the header
information changing the structure of the tape and void any images on that
tape.

Your best bet is to freeze the tapes

bpmedia -ev A00001 -freeze

this way the images expire, when the images expire remove the tape from
Media Manager control, by deleting it from the Media Manager GUI, it won't
let you do that till the images are expired.

Then put the new barcode on it and bplabel it.

Hope hat helps,

Bob

label

-----Original Message-----
From: Vik_Bhatia AT Playstation.sony DOT com
[mailto:Vik_Bhatia AT Playstation.sony DOT com]
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 6:38 PM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Labeling Tapes


All,
We have a robotic tape library and the tapes are labeled by veritas
according to the barcode label. For some strange reason there are a few
tapes added to the library recently that took a different naming scheme. In
the Media manager utility, the barcode column for these tapes shows a
blank. I am thinking that the robot could not read these tapes so media
manager gave it a RVSN according to the default scheme.

I am prepared to put a new barcode label and try again, however the tapes
have valid backups on them. So my question is, if I bplabel the tape with
the same number as the new barcode label, will it mess anything up? Or is
there a better way to fix this? The barcode label that the robot wasn't
able to read (I'm assuming thats the problem) seems fine and legible.

Thanks for your help!
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Vik Bhatia
Database Administrator
Sony Computer Entertainment America
919 E Hillsdale Blvd. Foster City, CA 94404
650-655-8069
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