Marking Tapes as Free
Instead of erasing tapes, you can mark tapes as free. During this operation, Veeam Backup & Replication deletes from backup and tape catalogs information about backup contents stored on tape. Data written to tape remains intact.
To mark tapes as free:
- Open the Tape Infrastructure view.
- Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online.
- Select tapes you want to mark as free and click Mark as Free on the ribbon.
Alternatively, you can right-click selected tapes and select Mark as free from the shortcut menu. - In the displayed dialog box, click Yes.
After a tape is marked as free, Veeam Backup & Replication removes from the catalog information about contents on this tape.
Important |
You cannot mark protected tapes as free. To mark such tapes as free, you need to switch the protection off first. You cannot mark WORM tapes as free either. |