I have a need to re-use a pile of tapes with a current Bacula installation that has been used previously with another, now defunct, Bacula installation. The tapes mount alright and the label is recognized, but they cannot be used because they are not listed in the catalog, the "label" command refuses to overwrite the existing label, and the "relabel" command requires the existing label to be in the catalog.
I have found three ways to correct this: a) bconsole "unmount", run bscan from the command line, bconsole "mount", "purge", "relabel" b) bconsole "unmount", overwrite the tape label from the command line so that Bacula doesn't recognize it anymore, bconsole "label" c) bconsole "add volume", "purge", "relabel" The third way is the quickest and in my impresson sanest in the circumstances, but "add volume" warns me every time: "You probably don't want to be using this command since it creates database records without labeling the Volumes. You probably want to use the "label" command." Should I just ignore that warning, or does method c) have a flaw I haven't noticed? Is there a better way? Thanks, Tilman -- Tilman Schmidt Phoenix Software GmbH Bonn, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
