On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 12:04:59PM +1000, Rachel Polanskis wrote:
> I think I have a problem.
> 
> I am getting repeated instances of:
> 
> duplicate name; pick new name or delete old one
> 
> For freshly recycled and relabeled volumes.

When it lables a tape, it is only allowed to use a name that is in the
database if the tape it's labeling has that name (on the theory that it
can reuse it).

So if the barcode doesn't read properly (very common if it reads blank),
or the tape doesn't have the right media label, 
or if the tape has the right label, but the read fails,

Then you'll get that problem.

Next time you get the issue, I'd do this:

mminfo -av -r 'volume,barcode' -q 'volume=<blah>'.  Just make sure the
DB thinks the volume and barcode match.

Next I'd try reading the old tape directly:

nsrjb -p -S <slot>

That should spit out the media tape label.  Is is present?  If not, it
doesn't realize that *this* is the old tape and is being recycled.

I'm assuming you're not moving barcodes between tapes, right?

-- 
Darren Dunham                                           ddunham AT taos DOT com
Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS            http://www.taos.com/
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