Naming the tapes ahead of time may or may not work, depending on the state
of the autoloader and when the media request occurs. There is a flaw in
Retrospect's logic when choosing tapes from a loader. This is a complex
issue, so please read this carefully.
Also, we consider this a bug, and we
Hello:
I have an HP DD3 Autoloader. It loads six tapes at a time.
Within Retrospect, I defined three storage sets (call them Moe,
Larry, and Curly). I rotate them each week. At the start, I took 18
blank tapes and labled them Moe1, Moe2,..., Larry1, Larry2, etc.
After several weeks, I got a