Thanks to all who offered solutions for changing or updating the
location field for a tape volume. This worked like a champ -- all okay
now. It really is scary, though, when I stop to consider all the manual
commands that I have never bothered to learn that could make my life way
easier.

George

Itzik Meirson wrote:
>
> I tend to believe that you did not withdraw your tapes with Networker
> commands.
> Assuming you just opened the door and pulled out the tapes, Networker
> never had a chance to update the location field.
> To clear this field I would write a quick mminfo command that will query
> "location=OldJukebox" and then using "mmlocate -c -n VolumeName" you can
> clear that field.
> Itzik
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Sinclair [mailto:George.Sinclair AT noaa DOT gov]
> Sent: Saturday, 01 March, 2003 03:47
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] Changing location field under volume listing?
>
> Hello,
>
> We had a bunch of bar coded volumes that we took out of an LTO library.
> We then removed the configuration for that jukebox and re-created it on
> another storage node. The volumes are full so we had no need to put them
> back in. The problem, though, is that they still show up with the old
> sotrage node name and jukebox for the location field under the volumes
> listing. Yes, I could go in and simply change the location to something
> like: on-shelf or some other appropriate customized name, but I'd really
> prefer just to make the location empty or blank which is what NetWorker
> does when you take a volume out and then re-inventory the slot. How can
> I get this location field to just be empty without having to re-load all
> the volumes, remove them and then re-inventory?
>
> Thanks.
>
> George
> George.Sinclair AT noaa DOT gov
>
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