Sebastian Schönwetter wrote:

You can also enable "Auto Media Management" for your Jukebox or simple tape device.

If you enable it for a simple tape device, you can start your backup and insert an expired volume. Networker will then re-label it and overwrite it.

Correct.

If you enable it for a jukebox, networker will consider the expired tapes when looking for a volume to backup it's data to. It will then also re-label and overwrite the tape.

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