On 03/13/2012 06:06 AM, Tilman Schmidt wrote:
> I have found three ways to correct this:
> 
> a) bconsole "unmount", run bscan from the command line,
> bconsole "mount", "purge", "relabel"
> 
> b) bconsole "unmount", overwrite the tape label from the
> command line so that Bacula doesn't recognize it anymore,
> bconsole "label"
> 
> c) bconsole "add volume", "purge", "relabel"
> 
> The third way is the quickest and in my impresson sanest in
> the circumstances, but "add volume" warns me every time:
> 
> "You probably don't want to be using this command since it
> creates database records without labeling the Volumes.
> You probably want to use the "label" command."
> 
> Should I just ignore that warning, or does method c) have a
> flaw I haven't noticed? Is there a better way?

The easiest way is to release the tape drive, then use mt to weof all of
the tapes.  You can then relabel them as though they were new tapes.

Keep in mind that magnetic tape has a fixed lifetime in use cycles.


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