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Re: [Networker] Remove Volume Labels for Auto Media Mgmt
2008-09-18 04:41:58
JGillTech wrote:
That is a shame... why would they not implement a feature like this? I would
rather have a series of unlabeled volumes and let the pools automatically label
them as needed. Is there another way to do this type of thing?
This is done to protect you. NetWorker will not go and write all over
volumes that it knows have labels on. There are several cases where this
would be a very bad thing to do. If you have a need to overwrite these
volumes you should label them yourself, being very careful that you are
labelling the correct slot range.
Auto Media Management is overrated IMHO and I never use it. I prefer to
create a scratch pool for new tapes and label all new tapes into this. I
set up a pool called "scratch" with the flag "Recycle to other pools"
selected. I then have a little script that sets all volumes in that pool
to recyclable. I set all other pools with the flag "Recycle from other
pools" selected. I find this strategy much safer and more useful than
AMM. It would work a treat in your situation.
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