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Re: [Networker] What are the barcode requirements for Networker

2012-11-05 14:40:14
Subject: Re: [Networker] What are the barcode requirements for Networker
From: Dag Nygren <dag AT newtech DOT fi>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 21:31:07 +0200
On Monday 05 November 2012 20:27:47 Yaron Zabary wrote:
>   This is the what I see here as well. I have four unlabelled tapes in 
> my library for a few months now that Networker hasn't touched while 
> merrily labels recycled tapes. AMM is on.

Thanks for that confirmation!

I can keep teaching what I do then :-)

Best
Dag

> 
> On 11/04/2012 03:19 PM, Dag Nygren wrote:
> > On Friday 02 November 2012 15:25:11 Tony Albers wrote:
> >> Dag, can you point me to that documentation?
> >>
> >> I'm seeing a different behaviour, so I'd like to check to make sure.
> >
> >
> > Hi again,
> >
> > sorry for the late answer. Have been a bit busy.
> >
> > The "documentation" I was talking about is the in the class material of the
> > offcial training for Networker I am teaching. The slide has been there for 
> > some years and
> > it might well reflect old behaviour...
> > Would be nice to get it confirmed/revised by someone from engineering.
> > It needs to be fixed in case it is wrong!
> >
> > Best
> > Dag
> >
> >> On 10/31/2012 07:59 PM, Dag Nygren wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday 31 October 2012 15:26:21 Tony Albers wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>> Is the behaviour on a VTL really different than in a normal jukebox on 
> >>>>> this one, Tony?
> >>>>> Cannot find anything in my docus on that and normally Networker always
> >>>>> prefers recyclable tapes to unlabeled ones.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> No, it's exactly the same, NW always uses an unlabeled tape before
> >>>> recycling a tape. That's just NW's way of trying to preserve data you
> >>>> might want to use even though you've let it expire.
> >>>
> >>> Nope, he is not.
> >>> An unlabeled tape is the last one in the flowchart. And only iff "auto 
> >>> media management" is enabled.
> >>>
> >>> The selection steps for a backup are:
> >>>
> >>> 1. Appendable mounted tape in required Pool
> >>> 2. Appendable unmounted tape in required Pool
> >>> 3. Recyclable tape in required Pool
> >>> 4. Recyclable tape in other Pool (with suitable "Recycle to" and "Recycle 
> >>> from" settings)
> >>> 5. Unlabeled tape if "Auto media management" is turned on
> >>>
> >>> Haven't tested all of those, but this is what the documentation says.
> >>>
> >>> And the point 5 is definitely last.
> >>> Just thought that it for some reason might behave differently on VTL as 
> >>> the "Virtual" also triggers
> >>> other different behaviour.
> >>>
> >>> Best
> >>> Dag
> >>>
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> -- Yaron.
> 
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