Manual:  VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter (tm) 4.5  Media Manager Admin Guide

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Modification Type:  How To


Modification:

The vmchange command can be used to change the density of cleaning tapes that have been added as regular tapes.  The command will utilize the new_mt flag of the vmchange command.

An example of changing a DLT type tape to a dlt_clean type tape would be:
vmchange -new_mt dlt_clean -m <media_id>

This can be useful when barcode rules are not created to automatically create the cleaning tapes as the correct density or when a barcode reader is not available.

Valid densities for cleaning tapes are:

4mm_clean (4-mm cartridge)
8mm_clean (8-mm cartridge)
dlt_clean (dlt cartridge)
dlt2_clean (dlt2 cartridge)
qscsi_clean (1/4 inch cartridge)
hcart_clean (LTO or half inch cartridge)
hcart2_clean (LTO2 or half inch cartridge)