Am 2016-07-11 um 18:29 schrieb Debra S Baddorf: >> Asked in general: >> >> is it recommended or necessary to run "amtape $myconf update" every >> time the admin loads the library's magazines with fresh tapes? >> > > I’ve found it not necessary. As long as the machine has SEEN those > tapes before (and it must have, since you had to load them to put a > label on them) AND as long as you have a barcode reader, it’ll > recognize them. Actually, even without the barcode reader, it’ll > recognize them when it loads them, but it might have to mount each > one when you’ve asked for a restore & a particular tape is required. > With a barcode reader, it should already know which slot that barcode > is in, and will have stored info about “BARCODE XYZZY means tape > DAILY-XYZZY” (or however your barcodes correspond to your actual > tape labels.
We had the case that it didn't write to one tape last week for some reason. Currently it looks good and the admin tests removing the $nexttape this evening. Thanks.
