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Re: [Networker] Format of tape

2008-10-30 01:48:31
Subject: Re: [Networker] Format of tape
From: Preston de Guise <enterprise.backup AT GMAIL DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:46:26 +1100 
On 30/10/2008, at 16:37 , kurianv wrote:


so it means the only solution is relabelling\overwriting of tape?


Within NetWorker, yes.
If you literally want to 'format' a tape, you could look at various utilities available for that purpose, or generic utilities that can be adapted. E.g., under Unix systems, 'dd' could be used to blank a tape out. 

Cheers,

Preston.

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