The library is obviously not 'auto-inventorying' the slots the new tapes
are being imported to as you think they are... It simply sees new tapes
that it knows no details of. Networker expects a blank tape and then
sees one with a label... If you inventory the slots before you attempt
to re-label them, your label command should work. This is what we had to
do when our library did not have a barcode readers or prior to 7.x where
the communication between Networker and the tape library was not as
robust as it seems to be 7.x ... Maybe that bar-code reader 'feature' is
not enabled on your library configuration. Ours is, and when I upgraded
to 7.x, it began to recognize tapes by their barcode as soon as they
were imported from the mail-slots... Which allowed us to skip the normal
inventory step we used to do when importing expired tapes into the
library...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion 
> [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of Brian O'Neill
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 3:43 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] nsrjb -R not recycling volume in 7.4.3?
> 
> I upgraded from 7.4.1 to 7.4.3 on one of my systems (CentOS 
> 5.2 64-bit).
> 
> Since doing so, when I try and put new tapes in the library 
> and relabeling them, it refuses to do so on the first try. 
> These tapes are previously used but expired. When placed in 
> the library, the library auto-inventories and then I can see 
> the barcode in nsrjb, although the volume name is listed as 
> "-*" (this pretty much appears to be normal for this library, 
> and has not presented any issues in prior versions).
> 
> When I relabel the names with the "-L -Y -R" options, which 
> always worked for me previously, it now fails with:
> 
> Info: Loading volume `-' from slot `2' into device `/dev/nst0'.
> Info: Operation `Verify label' in progress on device `/dev/nst0'
> Info: Operation `Eject' in progress on device `/dev/nst0'
> Error: Expected volume `-' in slot `2'. The actual volume is 
> `000104L3'.
> Info: Unloading volume `000104L3' from device `/dev/nst0' to slot 2.
> Error: Expected volume `-' in slot `2'. The actual volume is 
> `000104L3'.
> 39077:nsrjb: error, Jukebox command terminated with errors.
> 
> At that point, the volume name now shows up (but the volume 
> is still full and marked recyclable), and I have to reissue 
> the same command to actually recycle the tape...
> 
> I didn't see any new option to use with nsrjb to skip the 
> extra step...has anyone else seen this problem?
> 
> -Brian
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