It's not an error per se. It's just that for some reason manually working with
media via the device when Auto Media Management is on gives this message. I
seem to recall that I can work with the device by giving it a longer period of
time(like 90-120 seconds) between issued commands when AMM is on. But in my
case I pre label tapes for certain backups and so in order to speed up the
process I temporarily disable AMM. It's a little disheartening to hear that
this issue is still present in v7.4 though...
--S
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From: Fazil.Saiyed AT anixter DOT com [mailto:Fazil.Saiyed AT anixter DOT com]
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 2:22 PM
To: EMC NetWorker discussion; Cox, Shawn
Cc: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] Tape drive says "monitoring"?
Hello,
You should investigate the error, setting auto media off, could jeopardize your
backup routine , i do not recall having to do this intervention for
reading\writing\scanning a tape.
HTH
"Cox, Shawn" <Shawn.Cox AT PCCA DOT COM>
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02/25/2008 01:02 PM
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Re: [Networker] Tape drive says "monitoring"?
I get that message when attempting to work with tapes when the device has "Auto
Media Management" set to Yes. I set it to No temporarily, do what I need to do
and then set it back.
--Shawn
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From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of MIchael Leone
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 12:45 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] Tape drive says "monitoring"?
I have a Win2003 server, running NW 7.4 SP1, with a single LTO-4 tape drive. NW
is showing the drive as "monitoring". My backup job won't run, claiming that I
need to label a different tape (I got the dread "too many open files in
system", for which no one has ever seemed to find an answer for). Problem is, I
can't seem to re-label the current tape, as it says that it is "monitoring",
whatever that means. And I have no other spares at that site, since the order
for more tapes doesn't come in until later this week.
--
Michael Leone
Network Administrator, ISM
Philadelphia Housing Authority
2500 Jackson St
Philadelphia, PA 19145
Tel: 215-684-4180
Cell: 215-252-0143
<mailto:michael.leone AT pha.phila DOT gov>
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