We encounter this issue as well with NetWorker 6.1.1. Build 238 on a Win2K 
platform.  If we recycle from the GUI the tapes are not marked as manual.  If 
we recycle from the command line, we have to use the "-o notmanual" option to 
ensure the tapes are not set to manual after we manually relabel them.

However, when NetWorker recycles a tape automatically, within the same pool, 
NetWorker appears to apply it's own rules regardless of what the pool is set 
for.  For example, we have a DAILY pool where all tapes are set to "not manual" 
and when NetWorker recycles the tapes he appears sometimes to mark them as 
manual and other times not.

The only way we've found to work around this issue is to ensure that we have 
the tapes labeled correctly prior to the backup.

Carter
Ext. 5711
Cel. 870.4956
cfowler AT london DOT ca

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Josef.Jetzinger AT HP DOT COM 
Sent: November 21, 2002 9:34 AM
To: Josef.Jetzinger AT HP DOT COM; NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: tapes get state "manual recycle"

Hi,

we have a Networker 6.1.2 running on a Tru64 Unix 5.1a server.
Since a few days it happens that recycleable tapes sometimes get the state
"manual" when they are relabeled by Networker.
Here is an example:

Volume IMA.040 was recycled by Networker this morning:

11/21/02 07:44:54 nsrd: nsrjb notice: nsrjb -j juke -O663 -l -R -M -J
nsrserver IMA.040
11/21/02 07:46:16 nsrd: media info: loading volume IMA.040 into
/dev/ntape/tape0_d1
11/21/02 07:47:01 nsrd: /dev/ntape/tape0_d1 Verify label operation in progress
11/21/02 07:47:37 nsrd: /dev/ntape/tape0_d1 Label without mount operation in
progress
11/21/02 07:47:37 nsrd: media info: tz89 tape IMA.040 will be over-written
11/21/02 07:47:38 nsrd: deleted media notice: Deleted volume:
volid=1159154945, volname=IMA.040, location=juke
11/21/02 07:47:59 nsrd: /dev/ntape/tape0_d1 is now write enabled

After that the volume has state "manual":

mminfo -m IMA.040
   volume                  written  (%) expires      read mounts capacity
M  IMA.040                 4802 MB   7% manual       0 KB    12     70 GB

nsrjb -C | grep IMA.040

     5: IMA.040                  IMAP       UBO419   3699476993       manually

Hay anyone seen this before?
I can not see the reason for that. 

Thanks for any hints,
Josef



Josef Jetzinger
Software Support Engineer
Compaq Computer Austria GmbH
ein Unternehmen der neuen HP
Ziedlergasse 21, A-1231 Wien 
Tel.: +43-1-866 30-2152
Fax: +43-1-866 30-3987
mailto:josef.jetzinger AT hp DOT com
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