Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Changing backup completely / blanking or relabel tapes quickly

2008-10-06 08:24:41
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Changing backup completely / blanking or relabel tapes quickly
From: Alan Brown <ajb2 AT mssl.ucl.ac DOT uk>
To: Keith Sudbury <keith-lists AT netzensolutions DOT com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:45:16 +0100 (BST)
On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Keith Sudbury wrote:

> I am wondering what is the quickest way to blank / relabel a tape.

Use the "purge" command in bconsole

Bacula will recycle and relabel the tape itself, you don't need to do so
manually (and doing so will usually mess things up)

> I have a whole pile of tapes I need to add to Fridays job pool that are
> currently in other pools. I was thinking about having 24 friday tapes,
> friday1, friday2, friday3 etc and putting them in the pool Friday.

If you want to change the label, use the "relabel" command.

AB


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