[Veritas-bu] 'header' problems with used tapes

Put in your /usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf

ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE = ANSI

You can find this option in the "NetBackup Administration Manual"

> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]On Behalf Of Dan Dobbs
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:25 PM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] 'header' problems with used tapes
> 
> 
>  Greetings, all. 
> 
> I'm running NetBackup 3.4.1 on a HP-UX 11.0 box. I've got some 
> DLT's that I had used for scratch tapes that I'd like to add to 
> my jukebox, but I can't seem to get them 'clean' enough so 
> NetBackup will allow me to use them. Error message follows:
> 
> 08/19/2001 00:45:23 mmora3 MM_2  block read is not a NetBackup 
> media header, len
>                     = 2048, media id MM1055, drive index 2, data 
> is ANSI-format
> 
> I tried a 'echo > /dev/rmt/0m' on another box that had a 
> standalone drive, and that wasn't good enough.
> 
> What would the preferred syntax be?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Dan Dobbs
> -Seattle, WA
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