Rob,

This error is not because you don't have a pool for that tape.  NW 
normally won't care about pool assignments when you are just 
inventorying or trying to load/relabel a tape.

I do that frequently as I have to deal with tapes from different 
servers, platforms and versions of NW.  I always use "nsrjb -ln -S 
slot_number -f tape_device" for loading for scanner or "nsrjb -LN -S 
slot_number -b pool_name -f tape_device" without problems unless there 
is something physically wrong with the tape, it's barcode label or the 
drive itself. 

The error appears to be a hardware one.  You don't mention your media 
type but it may be that there is something physically wrong with the 
tape or the drive,  It may also be that the media is the incorrect type 
for that particular drive.  Check the tape to make sure that there is 
nothing physically wrong with the casing.  Can you inventory your 
existing tapes in the library without errors?  Can you label a new, 
unformatted tape in that drive?

Joseph Ortiz
DSMCS, Inc.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dewhirst, Rob" <dewey AT KU DOT EDU>
Date: Tuesday, March 7, 2006 11:35 am
Subject: [Networker] reusing tapes from another networker system
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU

> I am trying to reuse some tapes from a different networker 
> installation.
> If I simply try to relabel the tape, Networker Admin tries and and
> eventually generates an error:
> 
> NetWorker media: (warning) \\.\Tape0 reading: read open error: drive
> status is There is not a tape in the drive
> 
> If I try to mount the tape, it just spits it back out because it's not
> in any media pool.
> 
> this is on win2003 server, networker 7.1.4.
> 
> I don't have a degausser, which would have been my first choice.
> 
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