Just one of those quirks.  You are supposed to wait till it verifys the
current label, select the tape pool you want, and then the tape name.  This
is because Networker doesn't know until it reads the label if this tape has
current data that should "not" be labeled at all. In addition, it doesn't
know the next tape number for a particular pool until you select the Pool.
It's logical if you think about it.

In my case it was Auto-Media that formated the tape.  If you put in a blank
tape, it automatically labels it as the next tape in sequence.  If you put
in a tape with expired data, it automatically relabels it and uses it.  Good
for remote users since all they have to do is insert a new, or expired tape
in the drive and Networker does the rest.  However, if the remote user gets
confused, and puts in multiple tapes when Networker doesn't need them, then
the data is spread out over all those tapes...

Calvin Thomas
UNIX System Administrator
NACA Logistics



-----Original Message-----
From: Day, David [mailto:david.day AT centerpulse DOT com]
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 7:50 PM
To: 'Legato NetWorker discussion'; 'Thomas, Calvin'
Subject: RE: [Networker] Remote backups using legato


2. In my case (above) Networker labeled the second new tape as XX2 even
though the user put in a completely different tape externally labeled as
YYY.

I'm just beginning to work with stand alone drives and noticed that using
the GUI interface to label the tape caused a problem.  I entered the label,
then selected the proper pool and continued.  I did not realize that by
selecting another pool, the label would be overwritten by a default name.

There is certainly a setting to make that I have not seen yet but something
like this may have contributed to this issue.

David

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