If You use "nsrjb -II" NetWorker updates the inventory from the barcode list of 
the library without physical reading the barcode and volume label.

greetings...

Birk Bohne
Backup and Virtualization Consulting
Erfurt, Germany
email:  birk.bohne AT batchworks DOT de

----- "Len Philpot" <Len.Philpot AT CLECO DOT COM> schrieb:

> This may be an old question, but is there any way to force Networker
> to 
> trust a barcode label and not actually load the tape to inventory it?
> 
> The reason I ask is that over the years of working with Networker,
> I've 
> seen it do both. What I mean is, if I add an existing (known, proper
> pool, 
> etc.) tape to a library and then run "nsrjb -j library_name -I -S 
> slot_number" to inventory the tape, wometimes it's satisfied with what
> it 
> reads from the barcode, but other times (more often) it actually loads
> it 
> into a drive and checks it for sure. I've not seen any pattern and
> don't 
> recall seeing anything in the documentation about why it does one over
> the 
> other.
> 
> Is there a way to force Networker to just trust the barcode? When
> adding a 
> number of tapes it would speed things up considerably if so.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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