parameter tape_user_count

[Former Member]

hi

how much we can increase tape_user_count value,

byefault value is 100, can i increase this value

thanks

[former_member204746]

simple re-label the tape. it will reset its usage count to 0

brbackup -i

note that 100 read/write is a big number and tape will eventually wear out... thus bringing risks of failed backups, or worse, unreadable backups.

[Former Member]

Hi dude!

The parameter "tape_use_count" specifies the maximum number of times a volume can be written to. The default value is 100 but you can change it to whatever value you want; the important point here is that you stop writing your backups into that volume when it is not in a suitable condition anymore.

I take advantage to remind the huge importance of testing the backups already done. I guess that we have all been told stories about incautious administrators having unusable backups that theoretically were fine only because they didn't detect any warnings in the backup logs.

Cheers!!

-Jesú

[Former Member]

Hi,

how can i check health of tape drive. how many time we can write backup on tyep drive

thanks

[former_member204746]

answer:

it depends.

100 times is an average number.

I would not go over 100 times.

value of data on the tapes exceeds largely the cost of a tape.

as far as know, there are no tools to check health of a tape. this is why BR*tools counts the number of writes and includes it in the label on tape.

[Former Member]

Hi,

pls check with tape vendors,

regards,

hari