Writing to imported tape media query

Hi there,

We have a scenario whereby a customer has a DP 7.xx installation and would like to write to previously formatted DP tape media used within another Cell Manager.

I understand that typically in this instance we would need to do a forced tape format before adding to a media pool for use, but in this instance there is a lot of media which would obviously take a long time.

I wondered if anyone could suggest a method similar to the 'Use unformatted media first' option on the media pool which would allow the tape to be 'force formatted' before use (at backup) so that we can attempt to somewhat automate this process and avoid lengthy formatting tasks.

Any help, comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks