I agree. Even if it were possible to add slots and drives without deleting
the jukebox and rerunning jbconfig, there's too much possibility of things
going desperately wrong, and then you've wasted the time to reconfig and the
time to troubleshoot the problem. It's much easier and safer to go the
jbconfig route.

One thing to bear in mind -- I'm sure you've thought of this but I have to
say it -- when adding more slots, be sure you're not going to run afoul of
your autochanger license. If you configure one more slot than your license
supports the jukebox will not work.

Conrad Macina
Pfizer, Inc.




On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:48:03 +0100, Davina Treiber
<Davina.Treiber AT PEEVRO.CO DOT UK> wrote:

>Bruce Breidall wrote:
>> A lot depends on the type of library you are adding, but in general you
>> should just forget about the auto-config wizard and the gui, and stick
>> with jbconfig, especially with unix. I have never seen it work right.
>>
>> Your assumptions are correct. In order to add one device, you have to
>> delete the library first, then delete all the existing devices, then
>> configure them all back in. Very straightforward and well documented -
>> not.
>
>It is not necessary to delete and re-add the devices, just the jukebox
>is sufficient.
>
>I agree with your views about auto-config. I have also never seen it
>work properly and as soon as you come to configs with library sharing
>and DDS it hasn't a hope in hell of getting it how you want it.
>
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