You need to use the erase command to remove the data off of the tape. example: load the tape mtx -f /dev/sg3 load slotnum [drive number] tell the drive to erase the tape mt -f /dev/nst0 erase
Make sure you are using the right devices by running the mtx inquiry. [r...@baculaserver ~]# mtx -f /dev/sg3 inquiry Product Type: Medium Changer Vendor ID: 'DELL ' Product ID: 'PV-124T ' Revision: '0075' Attached Changer: No The correct devices should be listed in your bacula-sd.conf file. On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 16:20 +0200, Holikar, Sachin (ext) wrote: > Hello, > > Thanks for your reply. Yes upgrade is a MUST and is in a planning stage. > > Yes I will not use the faulty tape anymore but as you said , if I use delete > option to delete the volume tape totally, even though Bacula finds all the > jobs on that tape , deletion will remove all the data contents on it. So data > loss without any inconsistencies. Am I correct? > > > Thanks, > Sachin Holikar > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Drescher [mailto:dresche...@gmail.com] > Sent: Montag, 2. August 2010 14:43 > To: Holikar, Sachin (ext) > Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Tape replacement > > > We are using Bacula 2.2.7. > > > Please upgrade. That is over two years old and will not be supported > for bug fixes ... anymore. > > > The problem is, a tape in one of the working pools gets I/O errors whenever > > tape library tried to access it. > > I could see that tape has some data on it. Now I wish to replace this tape > > with a new tape with new name. (As I feel, using new name would not make > > much difference or would it?). > > > > Please correct the proposed steps : > > > > Add new tape in the library. > > Move the tape and move it into one of the empty slots. > > Label the tape to the respective Volume Pool. > > > The last step. A label barcodes will do. Ignore that bacula will ask > about every tape in the library. Bacula will only label tapes that are > not labeled. I generally at this step put the tapes in the Scratch > pool. > > > Now please state the steps to purge the susepcted tape. I would like to > > transfer the data on this tape onto the new tape. > > As I do not wish to break the data consistency within the volume pool. > > Correct me if I am wrong here. > > > If you are totally getting rid of that tape never to use it again. > delete volume > > if you want to try to use it again > purge volume > > Both commands find all backup jobs on that volume and purge the jobs > even if the job started on a different tape. > John > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the > Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share > of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users