Hi, On 4/27/2007 9:42 AM, Georg Weiß wrote: > Item: Add a "remove label" (or "initialize tape") command to bacula. > > Origin: Georg Weiss - <georg DOT weiss AT avira DOT com> > > Date: 27 April 2007 > > Status: NEW > > What: Please consider adding a "remove label" command to bacula. This > should enable the reuse of "bacula" tapes which are not in the > database for some reason. > > Why: > OK this is somehow a special case but IMHO still valid. > There is currently no possibility to remove a existing "bacula" > label on a tape from the bconsole.
I think this is intentional... > This forces you to use "mt -f > <device> rewind; mt -f <device> weof" from the console. This is > fine for some conditions (but undocumented and not integrated > into bacula). > I recently got into the problem that i had a job requesting a > new tape which i could not "relabel" because the tape device was > blocked by the storage daemon. Stopping the storage daemon > results in job termination. > It would be much more userfriendly to have the possiblity to > remove the old label from bconsole without having to > stop/start the storage daemon. Well, did you try unmounting or releasing the storage device? That should work and allow you to access the tape drive from outside of Bacula. Arno > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
