The trick is to start each new tape type at a nice boundary on your
labeling.  I've got mixed LTO1 & LTO2 and my barcode rules look like this:

> vmrule -listall -b
barcode          media    volume         max mounts/
tag              type     pool             cleanings description
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
CLN              HC_CLN   None                    50 HCART Cleaning Tape
001              HCART    Scratch                  0 hcart
002              HCART    Scratch                  0 hcart
003              HCART    Scratch                  0 hcart
0040             HCART    Scratch                  0 hcart
0041             HCART    Scratch                  0 hcart
0042             HCART    Scratch                  0 hcart
0043             HCART    Scratch                  0 hcart
0044             HCART2   Scratch                  0 hcart2
0045             HCART2   Scratch                  0 hcart2
0046             HCART2   Scratch                  0 hcart2
0047             HCART2   Scratch                  0 hcart2
0048             HCART2   Scratch                  0 hcart2
0049             HCART2   Scratch                  0 hcart2
<DEFAULT>        HCART2   Scratch                  0 hcart2


As you can see, my HCART tapes number 001xxx to 0043xx, my HCART2 tapes
start at 0045xx and go up.

It would have been easier to start the new taps at a nice 1000's boundary
but we didn't think ahead.

The next trick is to get each assigned to the appropriate volume group.  The
rules say an individual volume group can't mix media types.

-M

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Hello

We have a setup with a mix of LTO1 (Label ends with L1) as hcart and LTO 
(Label ends with L2) as hcart2, soon we will also have LTO3 (Label
presumably 
ends with L3)

Has somebody a way to make barcode rules so new tapes get the right tape 
type ?

Regards
Michael

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