Kurian,

This isn't possible because tape is sequential media, not like disk. Maybe
someone else has a better idea, but the only way I can come up with to do
what your management wants is to restore everything you have on your tape
to a set of servers, then delete the files in question, then back up the
servers. Then relabel the original tape(s). As you can see, this is not
really practical. What is the retention period on your tape? If the
retention period for your tape is fairly sure, then the practical way is
to wait for the data to expire and then overwrite the tape.

On 2/23/11 5:09 AM, "kurianv" <networker-forum AT BACKUPCENTRAL DOT COM> wrote:

>Hi,
>We have a management requirement to delete some files from our LTO tape
>which is critical. What I would like to know is to know if there is a
>specfic way to delete this single folder or file from an LTO tape ?
>
>Your suggestions would be valuable ?
>
>Thanks and Regards,
>Kurian
>
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