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I am running NetWorker 7.5.2 and want to ensure that a tape isn't written to if left in the library overnight. I can't unload the tapes as there aren't enough slots to hold both backups over the weekend. Maybe a script to change the unloaded tape from append to read only?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I am running NetWorker 7.5.2 and want to ensure that a tape isn't
written to if left in the library overnight. I can't unload the
tapes as there aren't enough slots to hold both backups over the
weekend. Maybe a script to change the unloaded tape from append to read
only?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Mark the tape volume as readonly. Either in NMC, or

nsrmm -y -o readonly <tape volume label>

i.e.

nsrmm -y -o readonly Weekend.Tape.001

See the man page, or the Command Reference Guide, for details.


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Can this be done in a script as it unloads the tape?

In regard to: [Networker] How to change mode of tape to read only after...:

Can this be done in a script as it unloads the tape?

nsrmm -o readonly volumename

Note that readonly only prevents NetWorker from appending data to the
volume; the volume will still follow normal retention rules and will
eventually become recycleable, at which point NetWorker may choose to
relabel it, thereby making it appendable again.

Tim
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And that is exactly what I would want to happen. I just need the tapes status changed upon ejection. I was hoping to be able to do that automaticly. I wrote a batch file as indicated above and it works great.

Maybe what I need is a way to scrape what the volume label is for today's tapes and then insert that data into the above command. If I can do that then I can just schedule the script to run later in the day.