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Re: [Networker] Force Networker to trust barcode label?
2009-03-30 12:07:44
On 3/30/09 11:47 AM, Len Philpot wrote:
Francis Swasey
One of the new features that came in with 7.3.0 is the -II option (Yes,
two capital i's) -- which forces nsrjb to do the inventory by just
reading the barcode.
We're still at 7.2, but will be upgrading to 7.4 RSN... when I get time to
even think about it, along with concurrent Solaris and VxVM upgrades....
right! ;-\ The 7.2 nsrjb man page says -
If a jukebox has a bar code label reader, and the
jukebox resource attribute Bar Code Reader is set, then
volume name associated with a slot is derived from the
media bar code label. If the bar code label is not
unique or does not exist in the Sun StorEdge EBS media
database, the volume name is read from the media.
We've always had "Bar Code Reader" set, yet it still far more often than
not physically reads tapes instead of trusting the barcode. No errors,
just reads them to inventory them. Hmmm... again. :-) Just another
Networker inconsistency?
I'd say that was correct behavior for 7.2 -- the -I has been there
forever, but -II was new in 7.3. With -II it will either find the
barcode in the mediadb and say, ok -- or it will fail, it will NOT mount
the tape and read the label.
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