Hi, thanks for the clarification. Then we'll have to buy some more tapes :-)
Regards, Michael On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Remco Post <[email protected]> wrote: > hi, > > the tape drive enforces the WORM concept, not the TSM server, so as soon > as a WORM tape is full, it is really full and can never be made empty > again, that's why it's called a WORM tape. So even if you delete all data > from the tape in TSM, the tape still retains that data, you just can't > access it anymore from TSM, because TSM thinks it's been deleted. > > So, yes, if the tape is full, and contains no useful data anymore for your > organisation, have the tape destroyed according to your company's media > handling policies. > > On 21 nov. 2012, at 08:32, Michael Roesch <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > we wanted to use WORM tapes we had already used on TSM server A, with a > new > > TSM server B. Problem now is that although TSM B doesn't "know" these > WORM > > tapes, he still refuses to write on them. It writes about 2 GBytes and > the > > says "End of volume reached" and then tries the next scratch WORM tape. > > > > So the solution would be, throw away the old ones and buy new ones? > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Regards, > > Michael > > -- > Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards, > > Remco Post > [email protected] > +31 6 248 21 622 >
