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Arno Lehmann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 04.09.2007 20:56,, Timo Neuvonen wrote::
>>>>> I don't think it will. It sounds like the "relabel" command actually
>>>>> requires you to first trash the volume; ie, remove it from the pool,
>>>>> remove any data on it, etc. It's like starting over. I don't want to
>>>>> do that. I have jobs running on the tape. In fact, one job was
>>>>> part-way done on one tape, it filled that tape, and then I put in this
>>>>> new tape on which I fubar'ed the label. All I want to do is rename the
>>>>> tape. Can I do that? I get the feeling I can't.
>>>>>
>>>> You can, but it involves some hackery and is of course completely
>>>> unsupported.
>>>>
>>>> Step one: Shut down Bacula.
>>>> Step two: edit the volume's name in the SQL database (everywhere you
>>>> find it).
>>>> Step three: Start btape and use the 'writelabel' command to write the
>>>> new label to the tape.
>
> This will probably write an EOD mark after the label, and thus making
> the tape unusable for restores... if it doesn't, it will be pure luck
> if the new label block ends at the right location, so that the tape
> drive can recognize the following EOF mark and the following data...
> i.e., I wouldn't do this without some testing before.
That's the kind of stuff I feared. I've only done this operation on
blank tapes (ie labeling it wrongly, then immediately correcting it).
Greetings,
Michel
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