On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 14:18:41 -0400, Gary J Jasionowicz
<gary_j_jasionowicz AT FLEETCL DOT COM> wrote:

>I am running networker 6.1.1 on AIX 4.3.3.  On a nightly basis we clone two
>servers to a new tape for offsite storage, so we have a copy in which stays
>in the library and one which goes offsite.  We use a weekly tape rotation
>(ie. The we send off for Monday night is not reused until next Monday).
>The clone tapes are marked as manual recycle and I mark them as recyclable
>when they are loaded.  So on Monday night there is only one clone tape in
>the library which is marked with manual recycle and recyclable.  When it
>comes time to do the clone legato does not use the tape it just says
>waiting for a writable volume.  If I change the tape and mark it as
>appendable instead of recyclable it uses the tape but it does not overwrite
>the tape, which means in time the tape will fill up.  Is there a way I can
>tell legato to use and overwrite the tapes instead of just appending to
>it?  Thanks for your help.

It's not being recycled because you marked it as manually recyclable. This
means that it can only be recycled manually (as it says). If you want it to
be be recycled you have to mark it as notmanual (nsrmm -o notmanual VOL),
or don't mark it as manual in the first place.

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