Try using the "n" switch from the command line.  NW won't look at the
volume label and then you should be able to tell NW to label the tape in
said drive.

IE nsrjb -ln -S## -f \\.\Tape#

Just a thought...

Carter Fowler
City of London
600 - 380 Wellington St.
London, ON, CA, N6A 5B5
cfowler AT london DOT ca


-----Original Message-----
From: Legato NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
On Behalf Of Dewhirst, Rob
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 12:34 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: reusing tapes from another networker system

I am trying to reuse some tapes from a different networker installation.

If I simply try to relabel the tape, Networker Admin tries and and
eventually generates an error:

NetWorker media: (warning) \\.\Tape0 reading: read open error: drive
status is There is not a tape in the drive

If I try to mount the tape, it just spits it back out because it's not
in any media pool.

this is on win2003 server, networker 7.1.4.

I don't have a degausser, which would have been my first choice.

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