Re: [Networker] Networker Newbie
2006-03-23 10:31:16
On Mar 23, 2006, at 10:23 AM — 3/23/06, Davina Treiber wrote:
Sebastian Schönwetter wrote:
You can also enable "Auto Media Management" for your Jukebox or
simple tape device.
If you enable it for a simple tape device, you can start your
backup and insert an expired volume. Networker will then re-label
it and overwrite it.
Correct.
If you enable it for a jukebox, networker will consider the
expired tapes when looking for a volume to backup it's data to. It
will then also re-label and overwrite the tape.
WRONG. NetWorker will always overwrite expired tapes in a library
as required. Auto Media Management will cause NetWorker to label
new tapes as required.
I agree. This is a common misconception that Sebastian has about auto
media management. Page 459 of the administrator's guide is pretty
clear about what this feature is used for. Expecting Auto Media
Management to handle volumes that are (or should be) eligible for
recycling is a mistake. Perhaps Legato should rename this feature or
improve its documentation to reduce the confusion about it.
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