Re: Question for Linux tape experts

2013-07-02 Thread Alexander Oltu
On Tue, 2 Jul 2013 11:52:43 +0200 Loon, EJ van - SPLXM wrote: > > So, I'm looking for a way to avoid the cat command, but I need a way > to retrieve the drive serials and link them to the Linux tape drive. > Does anyone have an alternative method we can use? > Hi Eric, I think there should be a

Re: Changing DRM tape status from "Vault"

2012-11-12 Thread Alexander Oltu
On Fri, 9 Nov 2012 15:25:12 + James Thorne wrote: > I had this problem recently and doing an "update vol > acc=reado" worked for me. The volume disappeared from DRM and was > deleted. James, thank you! That worked for me. Alex.

Re: Changing DRM tape status from "Vault"

2012-11-12 Thread Alexander Oltu
On Fri, 9 Nov 2012 08:54:54 -0800 Cargill, Bill wrote: > Did you have the discarddata=yes option on the delete command? > > Thanks, > Hi Bill, yes, I did otherwise it won't delete. Thanks, Alex.

Changing DRM tape status from "Vault"

2012-11-09 Thread Alexander Oltu
Hello, I have few tapes in 'q drmedia' in the "vault" state which I would like to delete. I know that the tapes have no any content because they were deleted with the 'del vol' command. I tried 'move drmedia tostate', but, sure, it is not working, as this is not supported. I guess I need to expir