To add to the comments already if you want to freeze a lot of tapes in
one go id do a simple loop so you can forget it.
Once you have removed your scratch as previously explained try this to
freeze all other media :-
for tape in `bpmedialist -l | awk '{print $1}'`
do
echo "Going to freeze media [$tape]"
bpmedia -freeze -m $tape
if [ $? = 0 ];then
echo "Media frozen successfully"
else
echo "Problem freezeing media [$tape]"
fi
done
Hope that helps
Dave
Weathers, Matt wrote:
> We are trying to phase our our LTO 2 tapes as we go to LTO 3. My
> thought is that I will freeze or suspend the tapes and when they
> expire we can remove them from service. Does this seem logical? Also,
> is there a way to freeze a range of tapes? I do not have a good
> understanding of freezing/suspending media. From what I read it
> appears that once a frozen tape expires it comes back into service and
> a suspended tape never expires. I am interested in knowing thoughts on
> the best way to remove the media from service.
>
> Matt Weathers
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> Farm Bureau Insurance of Michigan
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