Re: [Networker] Changing the tapes, use mmlocate ?
2006-02-03 10:58:21
On Feb 3, 2006, at 10:49 AM — 2/3/06, Scott Russell wrote:
Greets.
You know, I'm a slack tape operator. I'm not sure that's something
people are willing to publicly admit but I'm going to step right
out there and say it. I tend to run my LTO-2 tapes to the point
where I know it's time to change them when I start seeing read
errors on test restores. Manufacturer tape change recommendations,
what are those? Being slack and not changing tapes often is why I
have to ask the following...
That said, can someone confirm for me that in my 4560 IBM Tape
Library (4 drives, 60 slots, has barcode reader)
1) Unload all tapes using nsrjb -u
2) Use mmlocate to set the location of all tapes to something like
"dusty_box_shelf_6"
3) Remove the physical media and insert the load the new media
4) Use nsrjb to label all slots
My goal is to prevent Networker from asking for the old tapes.
Should they be set to "full" first or is using mmlocate good enough
to let Networker know that it shouldn't ask for the tape during
future backups
Thanks for the advices, sorry for the basic question.
What's your saveset retention policy? For that matter, why not just
set the tapes to manual recycle? Setting a tape to full will not
prevent it from being used again without manual intervention, but
setting the tape to manual recycle will avoid automated reuse.
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