Re: freeing up space on LTO-8 tape
Phil Stracchino <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.bacula.user |
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| Organization | Fenian House Publishing |
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On 1/6/25 14:01, Adam Weremczuk wrote: > Hi all, > > Key points: > 1. Bacula 9.6.7 on Debian 11. > 2. The tape is almost full with some old Bacula backups which I don't > care about. > 3. I want to wipe it clean making space for new data. > 4. I don't care about secure removal. > 5. Ideally, I would prefer to leave the label and pool assignment as > they are. > 6. The job should complete in under 10 hrs. > > What's the best way to achieve this? Use mt WEOF to write an EOF to the tape, then relabel it with the same label. Check 'man mt' for the correct syntax, of course. I don't currently have mt installed because I have no tape devices. -- Phil Stracchino Fenian House Publishing [email protected] [email protected] Landline: +1.603.293.8485 Mobile: +1.603.998.6958