Hi,
Phil Stracchino wrote:
Marcus wrote:
About that oops I reported earlier... I tried loading
up one of the failed tapes to write the catalog on as
a test. After seeking to the end of data, the drive
went into this odd read loop that nothing could get it
out of. I think when I see those errors, I will never
use the mentioned volume again! :}
But now I've got two volume names who's associated
tapes are garbage. How do I free up the volume name so
I can relabel a tape with one of the prior labels?
Delete the Volume; erase it (mt -f [tapedevice] weof); relabel the tape;
re-add it to the Pool. It'll have a different media ID, but that's OK.
Phil,
I think you misunderstood Marcus...
My version:
Delete the "used up" volume using the command 'delete media volume=XXX'
from the catalog. Throw it into the trash bin. The one on your computer
desktop won't work :-)
After that, label a new tape with the old volume name, just as you
always do.
By the way: I don't bother too much about volume names, but rather I
introduced a pool "Schrott" meaning Trash, move broken tapes into that
pool, and after some operating time I do have means to see if certain
tape types tend to be worn out earlier than others, and I can see how
often I actually could mount them. (Ok, only for the media I actually
use rather often - full backup volumes are not reused very often.) I
hope that some of that data may help me to better understand the
manufacturers opinions about media life time :-)
Arno
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