On 13/03/12 23:44, Tilman Schmidt wrote: > Am 13.03.2012 13:49, schrieb Phil Stracchino: >> The easiest way is to release the tape drive, then use mt to weof all of >> the tapes. You can then relabel them as though they were new tapes. > > Thanks for the answer. I'll try that. One small correction though: > releasing the drive is not enough. After release, mt still reports > "Device or resource busy". The drive has to be unmounted before > Bacula will allow mt to access it.
You can also use btape to put new labels on the tapes. It doesn't care what's already there. your add/purge/rename strategy is a good example of lateral thinking. If it works for you there's no reason why you can't use it - and doing it that way means you don't have to depend on external programs and a string of manual commands to get the tapes ready for use. There is no "correct way" to do these things. It's more like "what's the least work?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
