What does "change Mode / Recyclable" do? 1

[ByronStyro]

Hi all.

When I right-click a volume, select Change Mode - Recyclable, I can see the mode is now recyclable and the expiration status is expired.

What does this mean to the data on the tape? Index entries?

I can still restore from a recyclable tape. I did a NSRIM -X and was still able locate files and restore.

This is not a problem for me as I prefer to manually recycle/expire tapes. I just want to understand exactly what is happening.

Thanks.

 

[605]

It does exactly what you expect - it sets the volume to recyclable. Consequently NW may reuser it automatically when he needs a nedia.

As you saw, this does not necessarily mean that NW will delete all FILE index entries right away - this is done when the next index check will take place. And NW will never delete the MEDIA index info. If this would be the case, how would it know about a recycleable tape at all? ;-)

BTW - if you want to exclusively recycle your tapes manually, you better set the option "Recycle - Manual" in the same submenu.