> When tapes are reused we have to re-label them to erase them, otherwise
> Networker insists on appending to the tapes and won't overwrite them. We
> can't re-label without deleting the previous entry in the Volume and
> file index for each tape. I've recently figured out how to use nsrjb in
> a dos-batch file to automate the labelling process, but we still have to
> go into the Volumes tab and delete the old volume entries. 
> 

That's odd.  What error are you getting when you try to relabel without
deleting.

Networker should match up the tape with the old database entry and
automatically delete it during the relabel process.  You're not giving
it a new name are you?  As long as the names match up, it should allow
this to happen.

> Are there any commands to delete volume entries from the database? Is
> there a way to automate that too? 

Yes.  You can delete with nsrmm -d, but it shouldn't be necessary here.  

-- 
Darren Dunham                                           ddunham AT taos DOT com
Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS            http://www.taos.com/
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