Marcus wrote:
> About that oops I reported earlier... I tried loading
> up one of the failed tapes to write the catalog on as
> a test. After seeking to the end of data, the drive
> went into this odd read loop that nothing could get it
> out of. I think when I see those errors, I will never
> use the mentioned volume again! :}
> 
> But now I've got two volume names who's associated
> tapes are garbage. How do I free up the volume name so
> I can relabel a tape with one of the prior labels?

Delete the Volume; erase it (mt -f [tapedevice] weof); relabel the tape;
re-add it to the Pool.  It'll have a different media ID, but that's OK.


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