[Veritas-bu] FW: Using a Catalog tape
2005-04-19 16:14:48
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[Veritas-bu] FW: Using a Catalog tape |
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ddunham AT taos DOT com (Darren Dunham) |
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Tue, 19 Apr 2005 13:14:48 -0700 (PDT) |
> > Is there a way for me to use an old catalog tape for normal backup? There
> > are no images on the tape and when you query the Media DataBase you get the
> > following:
> > 'requested media id was not found in NB media database'. When I query the
> > Volume database the status of the tape 0x1. When I attempt to expire the
> > tape with the bpexpdate command I get the following: ' requested media id
> > was not found in NB media database and/or MM volume database'. I have used
> > the bplabel command, but the tapes are still listed as catalog tape. Is
> > there something I doing wrong or am I missing a step?
> >
> > Christopher
The media database isn't involved. It simply won't overwrite a catalog
tape.
You have to remove the header from the tape. The man page for 'bplabel'
should have an example.
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Darren Dunham ddunham AT taos DOT com
Senior Technical Consultant TAOS http://www.taos.com/
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