I have 3 years of full backup tapes that need to be shipped offsite for compliance reasons. My predecessor did not use barcoded labels, he labeled each tape with its media set name via a p-touch labeler. Several location moves later, they are in helter skelter boxes.
The offsite provider I have choosen will not accept them without barcode labels - but I am afraid of just barcoding the media, and changing its name in the catalog. Won't that relabel each tape when I put it in, effectively destroying the data on it?
We have BE9.1, and, a Sony 162 tape library. I am not afraid of the time it will take to do this - I understand it will be a lot of busy work.