On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 07:04:23 -0400, Yura Pismerov <ypismerov AT TUCOWS DOT COM>
wrote:

>> When you think about it, I suppose it is expected behaviour. Generally
when
>> you recycle a tape you would not expect the label to change. If you are
>> recycling it into a different pool with a different label template this
is
>> probably a strange case, and who is to say what is the correct or desired
>
>        And why is it strange case ?  I just want to get better
utilization of
>the tapes that can be recycled. Why wait until the tape is required for
>the same pool
>if another pool needs it ? And this is especially important when you
>have several
>pools in a library with not that many slots.

I'm not saying that what you want to do is strange. Recycling between pools
is perfectly sensible. It's a little atypical because you are not using
barcode labels as NetWorker labels - if you were then you wouldn't have
even discovered the problem.

>        Agreed. If I used generic labels then what I said would not make
sense.

Right. Do you find that having specific label templates for specific pools
helps you? Do you write physical labels on the tapes to match what
NetWorker has? How would you cope with the situation where the label
changes when a tape is recycled between pools? I think this is the reason
that Legato wouldn't want to change this.

>> issue. What has happened in your case is probably something that Legato
>> have never considered, and I don't expect they would agree that this is a
>> bug.
>
>        No I would not call it a bug.
>        I guess "feature request" is a better term for it.
Probably. It would have to be selectable rather than default - because of
the issue of some users wishing (needing) to keep it the way it is in order
to match their paper labels.

You could ask them - but don't hold your breath.

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