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WDV
Level 3
9 years ago

Query re. retention

Thanks Sir CraigV.

Sir i have uploaded a print screen picture of my concern, infinite - Do not overwrite under "overwrite protected until" column andNot appendable under "not appendable until" column. is there a chance to overwrite the data on that particular tape and accept an appendable set again like a normal overwrite and appendable operation?

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  • No, the tapes won't be overwritten with those settings, nor will they append.

    You need to either format the tapes (recommended) or manually move them into a media set (not really recommended)...best you make sure you don't need any data on those tapes before reusing them.

    Thanks!

  • Ahh alright but i have problem, i can't do the format operation because the format function is disable (Robotic library 0001 (0009-0016) does not support the format operation).

    is there a way or option on how to format those tape sir?

  • You have to open up the details of the library and bring up the list of tapes - as you format each tape and not a whole library (or in this instance a library partition)