Re: [Networker] HELP

Fazil Saiyed wrote:

We have i2K with Qlogic FC just checking to make sure we dont have issues,i belive by default when on Windows 2003 if you were to create a Device( LTO-2) the Default block size being assigned to it is 64 kb, so when wego offsite and attach to stand along LTO2 drives, i dont belive we wouldrun into issues, i shoud test it out though.

NetWorker's default block size for LTO-2 is 64 KB. This is unlikely tocause any mismatch problems in multi-platform environments unless thedefault has been manually overridden.

LTO-3, however, has a default block size of 128 KB. This may causeproblems when a Windows server/storage node is limited by its driver orServicePack level to 64 KB.

I hope this clarifies this. For anyone who doesn't know, the NetWorkerdefault block sizes for all supported device types can be displayed bysetting the environment variable NSR_DEV_BLOCK_SIZE_MSG to YES beforestarting NetWorker and then checking the messages in the daemon.log file.


FYI - the complete set of defaults for NW 7.2.1 is here:

3480 block size = 32 KB
3570 block size = 256 KB
3590 block size = 384 KB
3592 block size = 384 KB
4890 block size = 32 KB
4mm 12GB block size = 32 KB
4mm 20GB block size = 32 KB
4mm 4GB block size = 32 KB
4mm 8GB block size = 32 KB
4mm DAT72 block size = 32 KB
4mm block size = 32 KB
8mm 20GB block size = 32 KB
8mm 5GB block size = 32 KB
8mm 7GB block size = 32 KB
8mm AIT block size = 64 KB
8mm AIT-2 block size = 64 KB
8mm AIT-3 block size = 192 KB
8mm AIT-4 block size = 128 KB
8mm Mammoth-2 block size = 192 KB
8mm Mammoth-3 block size = 256 KB
8mm block size = 32 KB
9490 block size = 64 KB
9840 block size = 256 KB
9840C block size = 256 KB
9840b block size = 256 KB
9940 block size = 256 KB
9940B block size = 256 KB
LTO Accelis block size = 128 KB
LTO Ultrium block size = 64 KB
LTO Ultrium-2 block size = 64 KB
LTO Ultrium-3 block size = 128 KB
SAIT-1 block size = 64 KB
SD3 block size = 256 KB
SLR block size = 64 KB
VXA block size = 64 KB
adv_file block size = 128 KB
dlt 20GB block size = 32 KB
dlt block size = 96 KB
dlt1 block size = 32 KB
dlt7000 block size = 128 KB
dlt8000 block size = 96 KB
dst (NT) block size = 992 KB
dst block size = 1168 KB
dtf block size = 384 KB
dtf2 block size = 384 KB
file block size = 32 KB
himt block size = 32 KB
magnetic block size = 32 KB
optical block size = 32 KB
qic 13GB block size = 32 KB
qic block size = 32 KB
sdlt block size = 128 KB
sdlt320 block size = 128 KB
sdlt600 block size = 128 KB
tk50 block size = 32 KB
tk70 block size = 32 KB
tkz90 block size = 384 KB
travan10 block size = 32 KB
tz85 block size = 32 KB
tz86 block size = 32 KB
tz87 block size = 32 KB
tz88 block size = 32 KB
tz89 block size = 256 KB
tz90 block size = 256 KB
tzs20 block size = 64 KB
vhs block size = 32 KB

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