On 07/06/11, Phil Stracchino (ala...@metrocast.net) wrote: > On 06/07/11 09:59, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > I've written job 329 after job 315 on the same tape (CLW112L4). See below > > > > Two questions: > > > > * can I wipe the data pertaining to job 329 off tape CLW112L4 ? > > (I assume by using mt commands -- how can I find the block number > > to start writing zeros from?) > > Not safely, no. But you could migrate the second job to a different > volume, or delete the job and re-run it to a different volume.
Does deleting the job remove the data (in this case the data for job 329) off the tape? That is what I need to do. > > * how can I stop this "Append" problem happening again? > > If you're working on the basis that no tape should ever have more than > one job on it, then simply set "Maximum Volume Jobs = 1" in the Pool. > You will have to update the Pool from the resource, then all the Volumes > from the Pool. Keep in mind, though, that this does mean you will only > ever be able to have one job running at once to that storage device. Great, thanks for the tip. Since the storage device is a tape library I don't expect to have more than one job running to it at once. Thanks very much for your advice. -- Rory Campbell-Lange r...@campbell-lange.net Campbell-Lange Workshop www.campbell-lange.net 0207 6311 555 3 Tottenham Street London W1T 2AF Registered in England No. 04551928 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
