Re: [Networker] Errors labeling tapes?

Under Windows 2003, every time you reboot or make changes, it's possible
for the tape device name to change. For example \\.\tape0 might be a
different physical device every time you reboot the server, reset the
san switch, etc...

There are a couple of solutions.

1) Remove the jukebox from Network and re-add the devices. You can use
inquire to determine which tape drive is which by serial numbers, etc...


2) If they are IBM lto drives, you can use the latest IBM tape drivers
instead of the default windows ones. There is a setting in the release
notes that changes the driver. Once the changes are active, instead of
seeing \\.\tape0, etc..., you will see \\.\tapeSERIALNUMBER which won't
change. 

 


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-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of MIchael Leone
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 12:53 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] Errors labeling tapes?

EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU> wrote on 
12/14/2007 12:34:09 PM:

> On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 12:13:01PM -0500, MIchael Leone wrote:
> > Worked for one tape, did not work for the other. I was able to label

one 
> > tape with the proper label, but the 2nd continued to give that
error, 
even 
> > after deleting the volume from the media db.
> 
> Eliminate Networker from the equation.
> 
> Can you access the tape directly with 'dd' or something?

This being a Win2003 server, no, I can't. :-)

> Can you read the first block of the tape?
> 
> dd if=/dev/rmt/0cbn bs=64k count=1 | od -c

Don't think there is a Windows equivalent of 'dd'. Or if there is, I 
haven't installed it.

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