Tape Names

[dpsystems]

Hi, can someone please let me know if this is possible, if so HOW?

We have a simple server with Brightstore 11, a internal Ultrium Tape unit and 10 Tapes.

Currently the tapes are labelled "Day"Week1 & "Day"Week2.
a two week cycle.

Is there anyway we can set the job so when a backup is done the tape is actually labelled the new date, for example to would be "Monday 04 01 07".

Hope this makes sense.

Thanks

Roger

 

[BETuser]

Set up a GFS rotation. Read the help on GFS and it will tell you how to set it up. You'll get the naming convention that you desire.

 

[vschumpy]

Simply blank the tapes and use an asterisk (*) as the tape name in the backup job - the tapes will be formatted with the date and time of the backup job when it runs.