On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 08:47:13AM -0400, Guy Dallaire wrote:
> 2006/4/28, Alexander Jolk <alexj AT buf DOT com>:
> 
> Why don't you `amadmin <conf> no-reuse' all of your old tapes, and label
> > the new ones with a different name, DailySet1-025 ff. for example?  That
> > way, you keep the ability to restore from the old tapes, tape names do
> > not change, and you never have two tapes carrying the same name.  Unless
> > you really want the tapes to be numbered starting from -001.
> 
> 
> After "tapecycle" tapes have passed in the rotation, wouldn't the contents
> of the tapes have been are overwritten anyway ? Considering this, I taught I
> might as well relabel them when their time comes around.

Certainly, what some of us have suggested is that you might consider
the data on the dlt tapes as archival.  Maybe 6 months from now you
just might want something from April that is no longer on your 25 lto
tapes.  Unless you have other needs for the dlt tapes, why wipe out
the indexes and all trace that those backup data ever existed when
actually they still do?

How you use the dlt tapes and your needs are certainly specific to your
environment.  These are just suggestions you may not have considered.

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