On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 02:05:15PM -0500, Dave wrote: > Hello, > I've got some new dlt tapes that were given to me. Before i put them in > to production i'd like to fully clear them and ensure they're good to work > with bacula. I'm getting an error that the tape in question is not in the > catalog, which is correct it isn't, it's new to bacula, yet it already has > a label on it from it's previous place of work. > Thanks. > Dave. While bacula-sd is off: mt -f <device> rewind mt -f <device> weof to clear the label.
See http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Volume_Utility_Tools.html#SECTION000369100000000000000 on how to test your tape. -Jason Martin -- I'm so broke, I can't even pay attention. This message is PGP/MIME signed.
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