In regard to: RE: [Networker] Recover help, Werth, Dave said (at 3:06pm on...:

Thanks for the information.  Boy, I never expected that to be a problem.
We only have 2 drives so changing one permanently is not an option. The
Device Type is a read only attribute so I guess my only option is to
delete a device and re-add it with the changed type, do what I need to
do and change it back.  Ugh!

Do you think that is the cause of the "nsrck -L7" command not working
either?

It *might* be, but I'm not as certain there.  I know (from experience)
what the scanner problem is.  If you have to redefine the drive anyway,
you might try the -L7 again and see if it makes a difference having
the drive type redefined.  You would answer the question and potentially
save yourself quite a bit of time too.  I would also try using nsavetime
rather than the quoted date and time -- that *should* work, but we all
know that different versions of NetWorker have different quirks.

If you're very careful, it would be possible to redefine the drive type
without a delete/add cycle, but that's not something I would recommend
unless you're desparate to avoid a couple delete/add cycles.

Tim

David Werth
Garmin AT, Inc
Salem, Oregon
dave.werth<at>garmin.com

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Subject: Re: [Networker] Recover help

In regard to: [Networker] Recover help, Werth, Dave said (at 1:30pm on
Oct...:

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C:\>scanner -i -S 2637505255  \\.\Tape1
scanner: scanning 8mm AIT-4 tape 150401 on \\.\Tape1
scanner: 8mm AIT-4 tape 322125827 for volume 150401 conflicts with
existing media database entry for 8mm AIT tape 322125827

It would work if you had a drive that was defined as a type "8mm AIT".
You're scanning on a drive that's defined as type "8mm AIT-4", and since
the ssid and volume id match but the tape type doesn't, NetWorker
chokes.

If you have a bunch of tape drives in your library and if you have a
significant number of volumes that are type "8mm AIT", it might make
sense to (re)define one of your drives as "8mm AIT" and then set it to
be read only, reserving it for restores.

Tim

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