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Michel Meyers wrote:
> 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
Sorry to join this late, but the relabeling option in btape fix this
problem pretty easily? I don't remember where all of this stuff gets
stored, but it seems like it might do fine.
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