Andrew Mickish writes:
> We recently crossed the threshold of requiring two tapes for our AFS backup.
> Unfortunately, when we try to reuse these tapes, AFS often refuses to write
> to previously-used tapes because they have the wrong label.
>
> Is there a way to tell AFS not to check the tape's label? After all, the
> tape should be considered a scratch tape. New tapes work fine.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Andrew Mickish
>
Try using the the backup labeltape -pname This will assign a permanent
name to the tape, which you can write on the outside of the tape as
well. You can then use a scratch pool concept.
Mainframes have been doing this since the 50s, it only took UNIX 40
years to get the idea. Are these permanent names recorded in a ANSI
standard volume label by any chance? Or would that have been to much
to expect?
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