Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] How do I reuse tapes that have been written to by accident?

2008-10-09 07:28:31
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] How do I reuse tapes that have been written to by accident?
From: Kjetil Torgrim Homme <kjetilho AT linpro DOT no>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:24:59 +0200
"John Drescher" <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com> writes:
> Thomas Arseneault <tarseneault AT voxify DOT com> wrote:
>> The storage daemon died on my storage box causing the dump to
>> fatally error out. I fixed the daemon problem but now I have 4
>> tapes that I would like to reuse but they are far from their
>> retention time so how do I purge/relabel what ever to reuse them
>> immediately?
>
> If they were written bu bacula type
>
> purge volume
>
> in a bacula console and follow the prompts.

you can also set the Volume Status to Append (using update) which will
allow you to keep the backups on the tape.

-- 
regards,          | Redpill  _
Kjetil T. Homme   | Linpro  (_)


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