Dear Robert,

We can't find a volume named "-" in the volume window, any other idea? It is
very strange, strange, seems X files.

Alex Li
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex T. H. Li" <alexlihk AT hotmail DOT com>
To: "Legato NetWorker discussion" <NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU>; 
"Robert
Maiello" <robert.maiello AT MEDEC DOT COM>
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Networker] Interesting: Cannot label new tape


> Dear Robert,
>
> It seems reasonable. I will try it on our customer next week. I had worked
> for support Legato for 5 years but never met before. Very strange.
However,
> why it return I/O error? Although for the tapes I labeled by nsrmm, it
> returns I/O error.
>
> Millions Thanks.
>
> Alex Li
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Maiello" <robert.maiello AT MEDEC DOT COM>
> To: <NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU>
> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 10:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [Networker] Interesting: Cannot label new tape
>
>
> > I'll take a try at this; because, yes, I've seen a lot of strange things
> > before.
> >
> > If you go into the volumes window and scroll to the very top do you see
> > a tape called "-"   (the volume name is dash) ??
> >
> > When this happened this us; everytime it went to label a blank tape it
> > came up with the volume name "-".   It then checked the volume/media
> database
> > and there was a volume actually called "-"  .  Truly amazing; how it got
> > there is beyond me.   Used tapes, of course, labeled fine.
> >
> > Removing this volume in gui solved the problem.
> >
> >
> > Robert Maiello
> > Thomson
> > Medical Economics
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 08:20:18 +0800, Alex T. H. Li <alexlihk AT HOTMAIL DOT 
> > COM>
> wrote:
> >
> > >I can label the tape and use the tape if I use it as a single drive.
> Label
> > >it by nsrmm and mount it by nsrmm.
> > >
> > >However, when using GUI or nsrjb to inventory the labeled tape, it
return
> > >I/O error. We can do now is using the old tapes only. All the new tape
> > >cannot be inventory by the library.
> > >
> > >Anyone met this strange case?
> > >
> > >Thx.
> > >
> > >Alex Li
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Davina Treiber" <treiber AT HOTPOP DOT COM>
> > >To: <NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU>
> > >Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 2:42 AM
> > >Subject: Re: [Networker] Interesting: Cannot label new tape
> > >
> > >
> > >> On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 20:46:02 +0800, Alex T. H. Li
> <alexlihk AT HOTMAIL DOT COM>
> > >wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >> I found that I can label the tape if I manually (or use "nsrjb -n"
> > >option)
> > >> >> put the tape in the drive. I can use it label it and backup data
> very
> > >> >well.
> > >> >> However, when I mount it with Networker, no matter GUI or nsrjb,
it
> > >> >returns
> > >> >> I/O error.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> This occurs on new tapes only, no problem for old tapes.
> > >>
> > >> It is normal to see an I/O error when labelling a new tape. This is
> > >because
> > >> NetWorker reads the tape first to check for an existing label, and
not
> > >> finding one it will report the error then go on to write a new label.
I
> > >> think this is what you are asking, am I right?
> > >>
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