>I see no
>advantage to setting the write-protect tab on cartridges that NetWorker
>uses

You're right, as long as the tape isn't recyclable. The write protect tab
prevents NetWorker from relabeling an expired tape; setting it to readonly
doesn't. I would recommend doing both for normal restores, just in case
someone forgets to remove the tape from the jukebox.

Conrad Macina
Pfizer, Inc.


On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 09:08:45 -0500, Stan Horwitz <stan AT TEMPLE DOT EDU> wrote:

>On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Howard Martin wrote:
>
>>Rather than using the write protect device on the tape we tend to mark the
>>volume as read only in the GUI - might be I'm too lazy to walk to the
>>jukebox.
>
>Even if you set the write-protect tab on a tape cartridge, NetWorker may
>still attempt to write to that tape if it is still appendable. I see no
>advantage to setting the write-protect tab on cartridges that NetWorker
>uses unless maybe you ship the tapes off-site for safe keeping. Setting
>the tape volume as read only from within NetWorker seems adequate to me.
>
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