On Fri, Jan 06, 2017 at 08:49:49AM +0100, Uwe Schuerkamp wrote: > If you have enough disk space you could try rescuing the data using dd > or cat and creating a replacement volume like this (tape in /dev/st0): > > <stop bacula processes> > > cat /dev/st0 > /big_file_system/tapedata.dat > > mtx unload > > <remove old tape> > > <insert new tape> > > mtx load <slot number> > mt -f /dev/st0 rewind > mt -f /dev/st0 weof # probably unnecessary for a new tape > > cat /big_file_system/tapedata.dat >/dev/st0 > > I have no idea if this would work, but a verbatim copy of the data > on a new tape should be accepted by bacula just fine.
doable, unfortunately, this would move the tape label as well but this is something I don't want to as labels are according to barcodes. -- Lukáš Hejtmánek ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
