On 13/03/12 23:44, Tilman Schmidt wrote:
> Am 13.03.2012 13:49, schrieb Phil Stracchino:
>> 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.
>
> Thanks for the answer. I'll try that. One small correction though:
> releasing the drive is not enough. After release, mt still reports
> "Device or resource busy". The drive has to be unmounted before
> Bacula will allow mt to access it.

You can also use btape to put new labels on the tapes. It doesn't care 
what's already there.

your add/purge/rename strategy is a good example of lateral thinking. If 
it works for you there's no reason why you can't use it - and doing it 
that way means you don't have to depend on external programs and a 
string of manual commands to get the tapes ready for use.

There is no "correct way" to do these things. It's more like "what's the 
least work?"




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