You can use the relabel command. Or if you want to do it automatically look at the concepts of recycle pool and scratch pool in the documentation. This is preferred.
On Thu, 2 May 2024, 20:57 Otto Brandstaetter, <[email protected]> wrote: > hm... > I have my tapes organised in pools. if I purge a volume, how can I > re-assign it to a particular pool? hmm... > > Oh yeah at most just do purge volume=<volume> That’s it it iwll become a > candidate for reuse. Brock Palen [email protected] > www.mlds-networks.com Websites, Linux, Hosting, Joomla, Consulting > Otto Brandstaetter schrieb am Donnerstag, 2. Mai 2024 um 20:40:29 UTC+2: > >> hm. til now, when re-using a tape, i deleted the volume, purged it using >> mt weof and re-labeled the barcode in bconsule >> >> maybe I should re-think this... >> Am 02.05.24 um 20:23 schrieb Brock Palen: >> >> That is expected, when you label it it also writes a baroes header to the >> tape. You almost never re-label a tape but rather purge and recycle as >> things expire. So it’s a onetime setup. BTW other tape systems I have used >> same behavior. Brock Palen [email protected] www.mlds-networks.com >> Websites, Linux, Hosting, Joomla, Consulting >> >> >> >> Otto Brandstaetter schrieb am Donnerstag, 2. Mai 2024 um 19:17:26 UTC+2: >> >> Hi, >> >> I am just wondering if this is a configuration issue or if this behaviour >> is the current state? >> Using a tape changer, when I send a label barcode command, the tape in >> the drive is unloaded and a different one is loaded for labeling. Later the >> unloaded tape is loaded again and labeled. >> This does not make sense to me? >> Best regards and thanks in advance, >> Otto >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "bareos-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bareos-users/89c0d5ca-46bf-43aa-8c09-a487d646e9ddn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bareos-users/89c0d5ca-46bf-43aa-8c09-a487d646e9ddn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bareos-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bareos-users/CA%2BBgf-1iPxzc_L%3D%3Dt1gM%2BaUN0dSqDC32rdjaGoxFsmdhmntJ9g%40mail.gmail.com.
