[lug] Important backup lesson

[John Karns]

On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Atkinson, Chip was reputed to have said:

> Short and sweet:
> 
> Before restoring from a backup tape, set it to be write protected!
> 
> Chip

I would add that any archive tape such as an end of month should be
write-protected immediately after removing the tape from the drive.  I
once had an automated backup start up just as I was going to restore
from an archive tape.  Can ruin your day.

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