> Francis Swasey 

> > right! ;-\   The 7.2 nsrjb man page says -
> > 
> >     If a jukebox has a  bar  code  label  reader,  and  the
> >     jukebox resource attribute Bar Code Reader is set, then
> >     volume name associated with a slot is derived from  the
> >     media  bar  code  label.  If  the bar code label is not
> >     unique or does not exist in the Sun StorEdge EBS  media
> >     database, the volume name is read from the media.
> > 
> > We've always had "Bar Code Reader" set, yet it still far more often 
than 
> > not physically reads tapes instead of trusting the barcode. No errors, 

> > just reads them to inventory them. Hmmm... again. :-)  Just another 
> > Networker inconsistency?
> 
> I'd say that was correct behavior for 7.2 -- the -I has been there 
> forever, but -II was new in 7.3.  With -II it will either find the 
> barcode in the mediadb and say, ok -- or it will fail, it will NOT mount 

> the tape and read the label.

If I read the nsrjb man page correctly (never a safe assumption on a 
Monday), it seems to me that if Networker recognizes the barcode, it 
should read the volume name from the barcode and move on. However, I've 
seen it many times read the barcode of unique long-in-use tapes apparently 
without error, but still load the tapes to read the volume name 
regardless.

Like I said, Hmmm  :-)

Thanks.

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