Hi there,
From my side, I partition as follows in an 8-slot HP StorageWorks 1/8 G2 autoloader:
Daily - Slots 1 --> 5
Weekly - Slots 6 & 7
Monthly - Slot 8
Grouping 5 slots together and sending the daily slots to them means ONLY the daily jobs run to them. Depending on my overwrite protection period, the backup job grabs the first free tape. So it won't necessarily grab the tape in slot 1 for a Monday backup...it might be the tape in slot 3.
If you want to direct a day's backup to a specific slot, you will need to partition the autoloader accordingly. I would then suggest using a GFS policy for easy management, but it will show multiple jobs.
Laters!