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My rule of thumb is, if "bpmedialist" doesn't know anything about the tape,
you can do anything you want with it in volmgr.

But if they've been used for catalog backups, you'll need to relabel them.
That's probably mentioned in the Veritas doc you refer to.


On 2/7/06, Paul Keating <pkeating AT bank-banque-canada DOT ca> wrote:
>
> I know it's suppsoed to be bad mojo to use this command, due to it
> possibly creating inconsistancies in the image db, but I've got a bunch o=
f
> old catalog tapes, only written to a few times, that I no longer need as
> catalog tapes.......they were being used back when we were sending our
> offsite tapes to Iron Mountain, and using Vault to do the Duplication....=
.so
> I've got a bunch of tapes of status "Offsite - Catalog".
>
> Veritas specifies to use this command to recycle catalog tapes for normal
> use, and I've used it millions of times in the past for varisou reasons, =
but
> now I'm paranoid.
> http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/273044.htm
>
> Do the same caveats about cat corrunption apply to using it on old catalo=
g
> tapes??
>
> Paul
>
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> La version fran=E7aise suit le texte anglais.
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<div>My rule of thumb is, if &quot;bpmedialist&quot; doesn't know anything =
about the tape, you can do anything you want with it in volmgr.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>But if they've been used for catalog backups, you'll need to relabel t=
hem. That's probably mentioned in the Veritas doc you refer to.<br><br>&nbs=
p;</div>
<div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 2/7/06, <b class=3D"gmail_sendername">P=
aul Keating</b> &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:pkeating AT bank-banque-canada DOT 
ca">pkeat=
ing AT bank-banque-canada DOT ca</a>&gt; wrote:</span>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0=
px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">
<div><span><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">I know it's suppsoed to be bad m=
ojo to use this command, due to it possibly creating inconsistancies in the=
 image db, but I've got a bunch of old catalog tapes, only written to a few=
 times, that I no longer need as catalog tapes.......they were being used b=
ack when we were sending our offsite tapes to Iron Mountain, and using Vaul=
t to do the Duplication.....so I've got a bunch of tapes of status &quot;Of=
fsite - Catalog&quot;.
</font></span></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font>&nbsp;</div>
<div><span><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">Veritas specifies to use this co=
mmand to recycle catalog tapes for normal use, and I've used it millions of=
 times in the past for varisou reasons, but now I'm paranoid.</font></span>
</div>
<div><span><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><a onclick=3D"return top.js.Open=
ExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/27=
3044.htm" target=3D"_blank">http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/273044.htm=
</a></font>
</span></div>
<div><span><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font></span>&nbsp;</div>
<div><span><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">Do the same caveats about cat co=
rrunption apply to using it on old catalog tapes??</font></span></div><span=
 class=3D"sg">
<div><span><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font></span>&nbsp;</div>
<div><span><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">Paul</font></span></div></span><=
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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br><br>La version fran=E7aise suit le texte =
anglais.<br><br>-----------------------------------------------------------=
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