I'm retiring 80 tapes in a library and replacing them with new
tapes.  Any thoughts on the best way to do it?
   One way would be to label the new tapes with the same labels
as the old tapes, and swap the tapes out as they are about to be
used (or swap them all out at once, and keep the old tapes around
for a tapecycle).
   Another method would be to label them with numbers starting
after the last old tape label, double the tapecycle, swap out
the tapes (and keeping the old ones for a tapecycle), and remember
to revert the tapecycle later.
   Any pros or cons to either method?  Does labeling a new tape
with an existing label make Aamnda "forget" about the contents of
the tape? 

Thanks,
Frank
   

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