I can't find good documentation on this.  Can you clarify the procedure 
you follow to avoid using the label command?
(or point me at the right doc page that fully explains it)
The official documentation in the bconsole section on the add command says

"Normally, the label command is used rather than this command because 
the label command labels the physical media (tape, disk, DVD, ...) and 
does the equivalent of the add command. The add command affects only the 
Catalog and not the physical media (data on Volumes). The physical media 
must exist and be labeled before use (usually with the label command). 
This command can, however, be useful if you wish to add a number of 
Volumes to the Pool that will be physically labeled at a later time. It 
can also be useful if you are importing a tape from another site. Please 
see the label command below for the list of legal characters in a Volume 
name."


    Bob

> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:29:03 +0100 (BST)
> From: Alan Brown <ajb2 AT mssl.ucl.ac DOT uk>
> Subject: 
> To: Shane <squindler AT gmail DOT com>
> Cc: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0806201125390.4226 AT mssllu.mssl.ucl.ac DOT uk>
> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
> 
> On Fri, 20 Jun 2008, Shane wrote:
> 
>> > I'm trying to find a non disruptive (to the tape drive) way to go from
>> > loading a tape into our autochanger to it being in a pool.
> 
> "add" is the command you're looking for.
> 
> Make sure you give the same names as the barcodes.
> 
> (I make my own barcodes on a Brother P-touch laminated label printer, it
> works far better than preprinted sheets ever did - Dymo and Epson make
> similar devices and there are a few other similar labellers around..)
> 
> Assuming the tapes are blank (as in never formatted), Bacula will
> automagically label them to match the barcodes as it loads them for the
> first time.
> 
> Add is _far_ less clunky than label barcodes for day to day operations.
> 
> AB
> 


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