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Re-use overwritable media

DanyB
Level 3
 Hello,
We have a new customer who uses BE9.1. And there are lots of tapes DDS4 20GB all used and all overwrite protected - infinite and now he needs to get them for use again.
how can make those tapes re-usable?
Thank you all in advance

Dany
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shirmal
Level 5
 Hi Dany,

What Tharry says is exactly correct. Anyhow if it doesn't work, erase (LONG) the media and re-label it. Then it should become over writable.

Hope this helps

---Cheers

shirmal 

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THarry
Level 5
 Hi,
You can move the tape to scratch media and they can be overwritten again. Or goto Tools - options - media management and set the overwrite protection to none. This will overwrite any tape at any time.

Harry

DanyB
Level 3
 thank you for your help. by using "Tools - options - media management and set the overwrite protection to none" did not help.
Any other idea please?

Thanks
Dany

shirmal
Level 5
 Hi Dany,

What Tharry says is exactly correct. Anyhow if it doesn't work, erase (LONG) the media and re-label it. Then it should become over writable.

Hope this helps

---Cheers

shirmal 

Ken_Putnam
Level 6
if it doesn't work, erase (LONG) the media and re-label it.

Re-label is the functional equivalent of an Erase and much much faster.  The data is still on the tape, but the header is rewritten so it is no longer available without DR type utilities

CarolineKiel
Level 6
Partner    VIP    Accredited Certified
Hi Dany,
You should just create a new media set in "Media" and set the overwrite period to a value that meets your criterias. Then move the tapes in there (mark the tapes, right mouse click and select "associate with media set" and selectyour newly created set. With this method, your tapes inherit the values of the new media set. and keep the settings. Deleti ng the tapes or relabeling is just helping you for the moment bu not in the future, since the tapes will get overwrite protected again forever. So creating a new media set will be the right solution.

Hope that helps,
Oliver
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