> From: Jason Ahrens [mailto:ahrensj AT psi DOT ca]
> Sent: Monday 30 October, 2000 16:12

> This sounds like it should be a simple enough thing to do,
> but so far I've run into a brick wall.
>
> I would like to pre-label volumes (tapes) in Veritas NB. I am
> using 3.2 on Solaris.
>
> In the Media Manager, I created new volumes with the desired names,
> expecting that when NetBackup ran the next scheduled backup
> it would use the volumes given as they wern't assigned to a tape yet.
> I was wrong. When the backup fired, it created a new volume A00000 and
> used it.

 correct me if i'm wrong:
- the tape are unlabeled
- the tape was in the drive when the backup was fired

 either you create the volume and don't put a tape in the drive and
wait for the mount request
 either you create the tapes, label them (bplabel) so you can put
them in the drive before the backup starts.

 check "how NetBackup uses media in standalone drives" in the
NetBackup SysAdmin guide.

 fx

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