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[Networker] Networker wanting mount of AFTD on wrong storage node?

2008-03-13 09:12:08
Subject: [Networker] Networker wanting mount of AFTD on wrong storage node?
From: Oscar Olsson <spam1 AT QBRANCH DOT SE>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:06:59 +0100
We just attemped to restore an exchange database, using NME 5.0.0.315, where part of the data needed has been staged to tape, and some part of it is on the AFTD. The AFTD device and volume in question is available on storage node sn02. However, networker keeps insisting on wanting that volume on storage node sn01, especially since that node doesn't have any AFTD devices at all. The question is, why is that?

I have restricted the respective pool to only be allowed to use the AFTD devices that have a volume mounted for that pool, just to ensure that it never waits for the volume anywhere else. Also, the clients storage node affinity list lists storage node sn02 as the top.

This is what it looks like in the logs:

03/13/08 13:34:05 nsrd: Volume Full1mRet3mDB.002.RO mounted on sn02.qbranch.se needs to be mounted on sn01 03/13/08 13:34:05 nsrd: media event cleared: mount of Full1mRet3mDB.002.RO cancelled by server 03/13/08 13:34:07 nsrd: media info event: adv_file disk Full1mRet3mDB.002.RO will be needed 03/13/08 13:34:07 nsrd: Volume Full1mRet3mDB.002.RO mounted on sn02.qbranch.se needs to be mounted on sn01 03/13/08 13:34:07 nsrd: media event cleared: mount of Full1mRet3mDB.002.RO cancelled by server

I'm thinking that this might be a bug, possibly in the module for exchange or in networker 7.3.3, which the server and storage nodes run.

//Oscar

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