label barcodes tape in drive

[Otto Brandstaetter]

Hi,

I am just wondering if this is a configuration issue or if this behaviour is the current state?

Using a tape changer, when I send a label barcode command, the tape in the drive is unloaded and a different one is loaded for labeling. Later the unloaded tape is loaded again and labeled.

This does not make sense to me?

Best regards and thanks in advance,

Otto

[Otto Brandstaetter]

hm. til now, when re-using a tape, i deleted the volume, purged it using mt weof and re-labeled the barcode in bconsule

maybe I should re-think this...

Am 02.05.24 um 20:23 schrieb Brock Palen:

That is expected, when you label it it also writes a baroes header to the tape. You almost never re-label a tape but rather purge and recycle as things expire. So it’s a onetime setup. BTW other tape systems I have used same behavior. Brock Palen bro...@mlds-networks.com www.mlds-networks.com Websites, Linux, Hosting, Joomla, Consulting

[Otto Brandstaetter]

hm...

I have my tapes organised in pools. if I purge a volume, how can I re-assign it to a particular pool? hmm...

Oh yeah at most just do purge volume=<volume> That’s it it iwll become a candidate for reuse. Brock Palen bro...@mlds-networks.com www.mlds-networks.com Websites, Linux, Hosting, Joomla, Consulting

[Miguel Santos]

You can use the relabel command.

Or if you want to do it automatically look at the concepts of recycle pool and scratch pool in the documentation. This is preferred.

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