Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

How to identify WORM media

Since WORM media cannot be reused, the tapes are uniquely identified as such so that they are only used when required. As shown in this figure, a (W) is appended to the volume names displayed in the Volumes window. If a volume is both read-only and WORM, an (R) is appended to the volume name.

NOTE:Since WORM tapes can only be used once, attempting to relabel a WORM tape always results in a write protection error. With the exception of pool selection and relabeling, the NetWorker software treats WORM tapes exactly the same as all other types of tape.