Preston de Guise wrote:
> On 30/10/2008, at 15:52 , kurianv wrote:
> 
> > How do I format a tape in Networker 7.2 on windows. That is I want  
> > to make this tape almost as good as a new tape without any previous  
> > logical label on it. I see an option while labelling the tape where  
> > there are two checkboxes one for Manual recycle of tape and another  
> > for mounting of the tape. Will checking the manual recycle part  
> > solve my issue...?
> > 
> 
> NetWorker doesn't have the concept of formatting tapes; the procedure  
> in which it labels tapes and updates end of written-tape markers is  
> sufficient to avoid the need to blank out an entire tape.
> 
> Enabling manual recycling is used to prevent NetWorker from  
> automatically recycling the tape, even when it is logically available  
> for recycling (i.e., means that the tape requires manual intervention  
> to be recycled).
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Preston
> 
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Thanx very much for the reply mate...so u mean that relabelling a tape , that 
is overwriting of a tape is meant by formatting of a tape...?

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