tape labeling - command line

Hi, I'm using BE 8.5 in a Win2k AD environment, several servers, most with
their own DLT drives. I'd like to be able to have tapes labeled (formated)
when originaly inserted. We've come accross some tapes that were previously
in use on other systems (Unix for example) that BE "didn't like". The next
day, I labelled them within BE and they were fine.

So...I'd like to be able to inventory the tape and then label the tape
either:
1- when inserted
2- some random time before the backup runs through a scheduled task
3- through a prejob command.

any thoughts?

hellooo?!!
"gene" <xgene19@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:3fd0c3b1@ROSASTDMZ05....[color=blue]
> Hi, I'm using BE 8.5 in a Win2k AD environment, several servers, most with
> their own DLT drives. I'd like to be able to have tapes labeled[/color]
(formated)[color=blue]
> when originaly inserted. We've come accross some tapes that were[/color]
previously[color=blue]
> in use on other systems (Unix for example) that BE "didn't like". The[/color]
next[color=blue]
> day, I labelled them within BE and they were fine.
>
> So...I'd like to be able to inventory the tape and then label the tape
> either:
> 1- when inserted
> 2- some random time before the backup runs through a scheduled task
> 3- through a prejob command.
>
> any thoughts?
>
>[/color]

Would their command line tool: BEMCmd, help?

Chris

"gene" <xgene19@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:3fd0c3b1@ROSASTDMZ05....[color=blue]
> Hi, I'm using BE 8.5 in a Win2k AD environment, several servers, most with
> their own DLT drives. I'd like to be able to have tapes labeled[/color]
(formated)[color=blue]
> when originaly inserted. We've come accross some tapes that were[/color]
previously[color=blue]
> in use on other systems (Unix for example) that BE "didn't like". The[/color]
next[color=blue]
> day, I labelled them within BE and they were fine.
>
> So...I'd like to be able to inventory the tape and then label the tape
> either:
> 1- when inserted
> 2- some random time before the backup runs through a scheduled task
> 3- through a prejob command.
>
> any thoughts?
>
>[/color]