Brian Debelius wrote:
> Hi Dan,
> 
> 
> Dan Langille wrote:
>> Brian Debelius wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Over the couple of years that I have been using two VXA-172 drives, I 
>>> have noticed that my VXA tapes occasionally lose their label.  Once 
>>> this week, on each of two different backup systems, I have had to 
>>> intervene because bacula said to put in a specific tape
>>
>> NOTE: said tape is a suggestion only.
>>
>> Bacula will accept another tape, provided it can be appended to or 
>> overwritten.
>>
>> > or label a new one.  The
>>> tape bacula wants is already loaded into the drive.  If I then read 
>>> the label with btape, btape says there is no label.  So I then label 
>>> the tape again and go on my merry way.
>>>
>>> If this is the case, I think I will have to come up with a way to 
>>> read the label during a load, and if its not there, then see if the 
>>> tape exists in the catalog, and if it does exist, then relabel it.
>>
>>
>>
> 
 > Thanks, But, I also said ... "If I then read the label with btape,
 > btape says there is no label".  The tape was labeled and used before.

Yes, I read that and I understood this completely.

I was addressing the word 'specific' and ensuring that you, or anyone 
else reading, understood that the tape requested by Bacula is a suggestion.

-- 
Dan Langille

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