In regard to: Re: [Networker] Need help in restoring files from old tapes...:

I don't think it's likely that you'll be able to run mminfo and get that
information until you've scanned a majority of the tapes, but I could be
wrong.

OK ... so when "scanner -m" finishes, will it prompt me for another tape?
Or do I just keep doing "scanner -m" on each tape, until I run out of
tapes?

If there were savesets that were in progress when end of tape was reached,
then you'll be prompted for the next tape.

I'll take a shot at it, thanks!

I'll also remember to write-protect the tape (physically). :-) (well, they
are already have the read-only tab pushed over)

I guess I've just been lucky, but in 12+ years with NetWorker, I've never
had any kind of accident involving overwriting a tape when doing a scanner
or recover.  Our tapes are located inside a jukebox in a remote data
center, so it would be a giant PITA if I had to write-protect tapes before
doing any kind of scan or recover.

Tim
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