Can I deleted Tape names under Removable storage?

[M Skabialka]

When doing a backup on Windows 2000 server:

Under Computer management, Removable storage, Media Pools, Backup, LTO
Ultrium

I have lots of entry titles such as, "Media created xx\xx\xx at xx.xx AM."
Can these be deleted?



I have decided to use a better method - I just call the tapes "Tape 1",
"Tape 2" etc and the sessions have the longer description. While I am
reusing the tapes with the new names, the Removable storage is hanging onto
all the old names with dates. These have long since been written over.
There are ten unwanted names with descriptions, and six "Tape 1", "Tape 2"
which I keep using. Is it OK to delete the unwanted names?



Thanks,

Mich

 

[Galen]

In M Skabialka had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

When doing a backup on Windows 2000 server:

Under Computer management, Removable storage, Media Pools, Backup, LTO
Ultrium

I have lots of entry titles such as, "Media created xx\xx\xx at xx.xx
AM." Can these be deleted?



I have decided to use a better method - I just call the tapes "Tape
1", "Tape 2" etc and the sessions have the longer description. While
I am reusing the tapes with the new names, the Removable storage is
hanging onto all the old names with dates. These have long since
been written over. There are ten unwanted names with descriptions,
and six "Tape 1", "Tape 2" which I keep using. Is it OK to delete
the unwanted names?


Thanks,

Mich

To be honest I've found that only twice has this mattered and both times it
was up to company policy. So the question is exactly as you put it. Can you?
If you can then can you delete the unwanted names and still know what is
what? (From the sounds of things you can.) If it's not against company
policy then there's no harm in removing old out-dated names on them nor is
there any harm in naming them a descriptive phrase so that you can find the
backups more easily. That is between you and your employer or you and
yourself if you own them but there's nothing wrong with removing the names
or editing the names to something else.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my
declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes

 

[M Skabialka]

It wasn't a concern with my employer, it was more of a concern of what these
are kept for, and what are the consequences of deleteing them. It just
seems to be the names of tapes, long since overwritten, but if Windows needs
that reference for any reason I'll leave them alone. Personally I'd rather
scroll though the six tape names I use all the time than the multiple "Media
created xx\xx\xx at xx.xx AM." entries.

What would be the reason for a company policy of keeping the old names?

Thanks,
Mich

 

[Galen]

In M Skabialka had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

It wasn't a concern with my employer, it was more of a concern of
what these are kept for, and what are the consequences of deleteing
them. It just seems to be the names of tapes, long since
overwritten, but if Windows needs that reference for any reason I'll
leave them alone. Personally I'd rather scroll though the six tape
names I use all the time than the multiple "Media created xx\xx\xx at
xx.xx AM." entries.
What would be the reason for a company policy of keeping the old
names?
Thanks,
Mich

The two times I've had to deal with anything that was even remotely close to
this was when working for a company that involved credit card and bank
information and nothing - I mean NOTHING - other than what was set in stone
could be deleted at any time by any person and anything you wanted to delete
ended up going in front of an advisory committee who decided the methods,
life cycle of information, etc... For instance - to get permission to remove
temp files on the end-user work stations was a 6 month process at one
company and banned entirely at another. Needless to say - I avoid that
industry like the plague now.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my
declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes