> I added 5 tapes to my 24 slot library.  I noticed bacula did not start using 
> the
> previous tape in append mode that it had been using.  It skipped to the next.
> 
> Then after I labelled the new tapes (label barcodes slots=17-22), the next job
> then skipped a blank tape and went to another new tape.  I have a screenshot
> showing my volumes in the changed.
> 
> Why did it not resume backups on the last used and not full tape,  then why 
> did
> it skip a new tape for the next job?
> 
> All tapes are in same pool, and all jobs use same pool.
> 
> Here is the last tapes in the changer:
>|      37 | PH0036L4   | Append    |       1 |   271,029,104,640 |      283 |
>|      63,072,000 |       0 |   15 |
>|      38 | PH0037L4   | Append    |       1 |            64,512      |        
>0 |
>|      63,072,000 |       0 |   16 |     1 |
>|      39 | PH0038L4   | Append    |       1 |     5,490,809,856  |        6 |
>|      63,072,000 |       0 |   17 |
>|      40 | PH0039L4   | Append    |       1 |            64,512      |        
>0 |
>|      63,072,000 |       0 |    0 |
>|      41 | PH0040L4   | Append    |       1 |    13,999,104,000 |       14 |
>|      63,072,000 |       0 |    0 |
>|      42 | PH0041L4   | Append    |       1 |            64,512     |        
>0 |
>|      63,072,000 |       0 |   18 |
>|      43 | PH0042L4   | Append    |       1 |            64,512     |        
>0 |
>|      63,072,000 |       0 |   19 |
>|      44 | PH0043L4   | Append    |       1 |            64,512     |        
>0 |
>|      63,072,000 |       0 |   20 |
>|      45 | PH0044L4   | Append    |       1 |            64,512     |        
>0 |
>|      63,072,000 |       0 |   21 |
>|      46 | PH0045L4   | Append    |       1 |            64,512     |        
>0 |
>|      63,072,000 |       0 |   22 |
> undefined
> 

Hello Phil: 
Did you execute an "update slots" command after changing the tapes in the tape 
library? It's required so Bacula is aware of any changes in the tapes order.
Maybe Bacula loaded a tape thinking it was loading another. You can verify that 
in the job joblog.

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