NetBackup does nothing special to prevent another vendors software from
writing onto these tapes.  If you can tar over the head, the tape looks like
a tar tape to NetBackup.   Check ArcServe manuals for anything related to
what netbackup has "ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE = TAR"  which allows Netbackup to
overwrite tar tapes.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]On Behalf Of
> steve.woodard AT arrisi DOT com
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 7:47 AM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] How to reuse tapes in another backup application?
>
>
> Due to a change in ownership of our parent company, we are being forced to
> change from Netbackup (3.2) to ARCserve as our backup software.  The
> ARCserve application won't use the media previously written to by
> Netbackup
> and the ARCserver folks haven't been any help. (ya' get what you pay for!)
> Does anyone know how to get rid of what ever it is that NetBackup wrote to
> the tapes that make other apps like to them?  We've tried mt, dd, and tar,
> to erase and/or write over the tapes with no luck.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve Woodard
> System Administrator, Arris Broadband Group
> steve.woodard AT arrisi DOT com
> Phone:  919.905.2028
> Fax:      919.905.8313
>
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