You have the answer. Auto media management needs to be turned on to
automatically label tapes into pools when needed. Please make sure the
tapes are new tapes because it will not overwrite the tape if it had a
pre-existing internal label. 

EDWARD COTY
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-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Stan Horwitz
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 9:12 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] Automatically labeling unlabeled tapes?

On Nov 16, 2007, at 8:40 AM, MIchael Leone wrote:

> NetWorker 7.4, on Win2003
>
> I seem to be drawing a blank here. I set up a label template for my 
> library to use, and I want NetWorker to automatically label unlabeled 
> tapes, using this template, which assigns the tape to a specific pool.

> So what to happen is is - if a job is executing, that is looking for 
> pool "642", and there are only unlabeled tapes in the library; is for 
> NetWorker to automatically label one of the unlabeled tapes as being 
> in pool "642", using that label template.
>
> I seem to not have set it all up properly, because my job sat there 
> all night, waiting for a tape in pool "642", with 4 unlabeled tapes in

> the library, just waiting to be used.
>
> The label template seems to be set up fine, because if I manually 
> label a tape in pool "642", it uses my label template.
>
> So where I miss telling NetWorker to automatically label tapes when it

> needs them? Would that be "Auto Media Management" property of the 
> library?
> I can't test it right at this point, because the job finally started 
> (now that it has a tape in pool "642", which I manually just labeled).
> What I
> want is for unlabeled tapes to be automatically labeled as pool "642";

> I do have my tape devices listed as "Targets" in the properties of my 
> media pool "642".

Yup, you need to enable auto media management on your tape library
resource.

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