On Fri, Jan 06, 2017 at 08:49:49AM +0100, Uwe Schuerkamp wrote:
> If you have enough disk space you could try rescuing the data using dd
> or cat and creating a replacement volume like this (tape in /dev/st0):
> 
> <stop bacula processes>
> 
> cat /dev/st0 > /big_file_system/tapedata.dat
> 
> mtx unload
> 
> <remove old tape>
> 
> <insert new tape>
> 
> mtx load <slot number>
> mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
> mt -f /dev/st0 weof # probably unnecessary for a new tape
> 
> cat /big_file_system/tapedata.dat >/dev/st0
> 
> I have no idea if this would work, but a verbatim copy of the data
> on a new tape should be accepted by bacula just fine.

doable, unfortunately, this would move the tape label as well but this is
something I don't want to as labels are according to barcodes.

-- 
Lukáš Hejtmánek

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