Re: [Bacula-users] Changing backup completely / blanking or relabel tapes quickly

2008-10-09 Thread Alan Brown
On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Keith Sudbury wrote: > > If you want to change the label, use the "relabel" command. > > > Can I change the job pool the tape uses as well? Yes. AB - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Mo

Re: [Bacula-users] Changing backup completely / blanking or relabel tapes quickly

2008-10-06 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 06.10.2008 15:39, terryc wrote: > Keith Sudbury wrote: > >> Can I change the job pool the tape uses as well? Erm... in Bacula lingo, you should ask if you can change the pool a volume is a member of. The answer is yes. Use bconsole's 'update volume' command. > Yes, but you will have to c

Re: [Bacula-users] Changing backup completely / blanking or relabel tapes quickly

2008-10-06 Thread terryc
Keith Sudbury wrote: > Can I change the job pool the tape uses as well? Yes, but you will have to change the name, say 007 becomes 007A this is because the old name will still exist in the catalogue under the old pool. -- Terry Collins {:-)} ---

Re: [Bacula-users] Changing backup completely / blanking or relabel tapes quickly

2008-10-06 Thread Alan Brown
On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Keith Sudbury wrote: > I am wondering what is the quickest way to blank / relabel a tape. Use the "purge" command in bconsole Bacula will recycle and relabel the tape itself, you don't need to do so manually (and doing so will usually mess things up) > I have a whole pile of

Re: [Bacula-users] Changing backup completely / blanking or relabel tapes quickly

2008-10-06 Thread Keith Sudbury
Alan Brown wrote: > On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Keith Sudbury wrote: > > >> I am wondering what is the quickest way to blank / relabel a tape. >> > > Use the "purge" command in bconsole > > Bacula will recycle and relabel the tape itself, you don't need to do so > manually (and doing so will usuall

[Bacula-users] Changing backup completely / blanking or relabel tapes quickly

2008-10-06 Thread Keith Sudbury
Hi Guys, Currently we backup every day to tape, we are changing to backup every thing to NAS each night and then backing the NAS up with Bacula every Friday. I am wondering what is the quickest way to blank / relabel a tape. I have a whole pile of tapes I need to add to Fridays job pool that a