EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU> wrote on 
04/01/2008 11:18:41 AM:

> On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 10:12:07AM -0400, MIchael Leone wrote:
> > EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU> wrote on 
> > 04/01/2008 05:57:49 AM:
> > 
> >> "Read-onlyness," the difference between making a tape read-only in
> >> NetWorker vs. setting the physical write protect tab, and the fact
> >> that making a tape read-only in NetWorker will not prevent it from
> >> being relabeled.
> > 
> > I guess I'm misunderstanding. What do you mean by this? What 
difference? I 
> > usually end up doing both - marking the tape RO in NetWorker, and 
setting 
> > the physical write-protect tab. The fact that a RO tape can be 
relabeled 
> > is a surprise to me (never had to do that). It's a bit of a 
disquieting 
> > surprise, at that.
> 
> "read-only" in Networker means that the tape will no longer have data
> added to it (it's no longer "appendable"), but it doesn't mean that the
> tape can't be relabled.  It's actually very similar to marking a tape
> 'full'.  Or if you're coming from NetBackup, to marking a tape
> 'suspended'. 

Didn't know any of that ... so I guess this *is* one of the more 
misunderstood things about NW ...

> If you're looking to protect data within Networker, don't select
> 'read-only'.  Choose 'manual recycle'.  Then even if the volume expires,
> Networker won't select it for automatic recycling.

Thanks for the tip.

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