On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Phil Stracchino wrote:
On the other hand, do you want to PHYSICALLY ERASE the tape and all data
on it to make sure it cannot be trivially recovered off the tape by
someone you don't wish to have it? Buy a bulk eraser, but be aware that
someone who's really determined and
Alan Brown wrote:
HOWEVER. NEVER USE A BULK ERASER ON LTO TAPES UNLESS DEAD.
LTOs (and some other formats) have a servo track on them. Hitting them
with a bulk eraser renders them completely unusable.
Thanks. That's a useful tip.
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Phil Stracchino [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is it possible to erase a label on a tape without having to run mt -
f /dev/st0 erase? It's taking about 10 years to erase my tape. Also,
is there a way to have bacula do some sort of auto labeling?
Thanks!
--Joe
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Joseph C. Stump
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http://www.joestump.net
This is the command i used last time to do autolabelling using the already
existing tape-labels (i hope that is what you asked)
(please test it first)
echo -e label barcodes \n2 \ny| ./bconsole
THIS IS THE OUTPUT
Connecting to Director head:9101
1000 OK: head-dir Version: 1.36.1 (26
Joe Stump wrote:
Is it possible to erase a label on a tape without having to run mt - f
/dev/st0 erase? It's taking about 10 years to erase my tape. Also, is
mt -f /dev/st0 weof
there a way to have bacula do some sort of auto labeling?
Look for LabelMedia and LabelFormat in the
Joe Stump wrote:
Is it possible to erase a label on a tape without having to run mt - f
/dev/st0 erase? It's taking about 10 years to erase my tape. Also, is
there a way to have bacula do some sort of auto labeling?
Ask yourself what you want to accomplish here. Do you want to logically
