Hi, Can a tape written by Bacula with one MaximumBlockSize value be reused after changing MaximumBlockSize to a different value? I mean, not the data on the tape, I understand all data will be lost, but can the tape itself be relabeled and then used with a different block size configured?
The reason I am asking is the following recent post from Kern Sibbald saying you will not be able to reuse tapes written with a different block size after you change it: https://sourceforge.net/p/bacula/mailman/message/35871159/ > > 1. Is it safe (Bacula 7.XX) to set the block size to something other > > than 64K? > > Yes. However, once you have written a tape with a given block size, you > cannot changed the block size unless you re-initialized the tape. What does "re-initialize" means here? I thought you cannot re-initialize a LTO format tape because of the servo tracks which are hardwritten during manufacturing. Thanks, Ivan -- Ivan Adzhubey, Ph.D. Instructor Division of Genetics, Dept of Medicine Brigham & Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School New Research Building, Room 0464C 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur Boston, MA 02115 tel.: (617) 525-4728 fax: (617) 525-4705 web: http://genetics.bwh.harvard.edu/wiki/sunyaevlab/ The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
