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> From: "Alan Brown" <ajb2 AT mssl.ucl.ac DOT uk>
> To: "Bacula Users" <bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 1:28:39 PM
> Subject: [Bacula-users] tape migration (within a pool)

> For various reasons I've ended up with a large number of tapes that only
> have a few GB on them (tape drive issues caused by a contaminated
> tape(*)) and this is burning up pool spares.
> 
> I want to migrate the files on those tapes to newer tapes within the
> same pool, then recyle the original tapes.
> 
> Not the entire JobID, just the parts which are on the tapes in question.
> 
> Does anyone have a recipe for this?

Hello, Alan. Migrate and copy jobs support a Selection Type = Volume, that 
combines with the Selection Pattern directive, that receives a RegExp for the 
Volume names you want to migrate.

> Thanks
> Alan
> 
> 
> (*) Contaminated out of the box. Apparently HP shipped a bad batch. The
> tape clogged the drive, the drive then cross contaminated several other
> tapes and the combination then resulted in ~100 LTO5 tapes being marked
> "full" with only 1-20Gb on them. It's bad enough that the drives aren't
> usable even after deep cleaning, so I've bought in a LTO-cleaning
> machine from MPtapes.com and a Veritape analyser to work out what needs
> attacking first - before any tapes go anywhere near the new drives.

Regards,
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