>> if you purge a tape , the tape label is still in the database. you would 
>> need to delete it.

I didn't get that.. I'm ok now.

>> i've never used your method to write "woef" with a pre-script. IMHO 
>> bacula is not designed to work this way (what doesn't mean that you could 
>> not do it this way with scripts and try and error).

I did that cause I had errors with labelling..

>> The tape cycle is the following:
>> label the tape -> write to it (append) -> full or used (when use duration 
>> is over) -> prune it (retention time is over, purged) -> reuse the tape 
>> (recycle)

Yeah I saw the schem but it really doesn't explain the "labelling" process.

>> you only label it once. the label remains also with recycling. so you 
>> write the bacula label on the tape and you will know which tape to insert 
>> if you need to restore something.

Actually the label is rewritten everytime but with the same name.
If Recycle is set to yes and all Jobs have been pruned, the volume status
will be set to Purged and the volume may then be reused when another volume
is needed. If the volume is reused, it is relabeled with the same Volume
Name, however all previous data will be lost.

I've made a test with the new label, it worked fine. But the volume name
hasn't a "speaking" name, it's just Day-0016, Day-0017..

Thx a lot btw, I couldn't find it by myself !

Gilles
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