whatever you do , do not degauss LTO or SDLT tapes . they will never work again.

stefanos

> > With NBU 5.0 I think I have found a way by using the label option when
> > you right click on a tape. You can highlight a bunch of tapes, right
> > click and select label to rewrite the header. My problem is I really
> > need a way to do this on NBU 3.4.1. As best as I can tell, I could
> > somehow script it using bplabel.exe, but I would have to somehow mount
> > and dismount each tape using some other means first before sending the
> > bplabel.exe command. Does anyone have a better way? Is there a way to
> > degauss a LTO tape and still use it again with a new internal header?
> 
> Even 3.4 has bplabel, and you don't have to load it first.  Just
> inventory the media after insertion, then run bplabel with the
> inventoried name (which will be the barcode).
> 
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