On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:20:22 +0100, Oscar Olsson <spam1 AT QBRANCH DOT SE> 
wrote:


>So, if I don't have DDS, and have staging which makes some recovers
>require data from both disk and tape, how can I ensure that it will work
>every time? Ie not come into a deadlock like this. IMHO I think networker
>should be smart enough to figure out that it has to wait for a tape device
>on node sn02 to become available if such a limitation does indeed exist.

The only way I know of to make it work is to move some media so that all 
the required save sets are on one storage node. 
Yes I agree Networker should have the smarts to figure it out.

>So, I wonder if I should regard this as a bug and open a case, or just add
>this to the list of stupid things networker does?
>
I'd think that EMC would not think of it as a bug, but might repond to a 
R.F.E. to improve it. I'd add it to the list of stupid things as well 
possibly just ahead of Networkers ability to use a jukebox with mixed tape 
drives for backups but not for restores.

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